And how pedagogical, “psychological” and, in principle, it is right to do homework with the child or in general ...
At night I was finishing the next text, went to bed at four.
Dasha comes in the morning.
- Mom, I didn’t have time to do solfeggio, can you do it for me?
At that moment, I agreed to anything, so long as I was not turned over.
- I'll do it. I'll take Grisha to the pipe, while I'm waiting for him, I'll do it.
I studied music for a long time and 2 years. The maximum that I can now is to play with one hand a simple melody in two octaves (first and second). The bass key is already beyond. Well, what am I - I can’t figure out the solfeggio of the 2nd grade of a music school? Yes bullshit!
So without getting enough sleep, on wadded legs, I take Grisha from school and bring him to the music room.
I look at the assignment, open the workbook. 7 exercises on one page, three on another and one more on the third. The eyes are afraid, the head is cracking, and the hands are doing. Go!
Well, it's easy to designate stable steps of the C major scale. D major, G major, F major? - More difficult, of course, but doable. On the unsteady steps of B-flat major, I was already tense.
On the task "circle with a blue pencil the steps of major scales, between which a semitone is formed," she coughed and reached into her textbook.
At the stage of transposing melodies from F major to G major and from C major to B flat major, the head teacher of the music school sat down with me.
- Let me help you!
- A nothing that I'm doing a task for a child?
- Well, then you explain everything to him.
- Uh, uncomfortable somehow. I feel like I've been caught at the scene of a crime.
- Nothing, nothing, now everything will be done quickly!
Got it done in a few minutes. And then Grisha was released.
I met him quite alive, cheered up and pleased with myself.
But! We must face the truth: the task was really trifling.
I remember that recently I did interval exercises for Dasha (turn large seconds into small ones, put sharps where necessary so that all thirds become large, build down from the sounds TO, RE, MI intervals: m.2, b.2, m.3 and b.3).
That's where the brain really was. And then what? Trifle.
Here the question arisesand how pedagogical, “psychological” and, in principle, it is right to do homework with the child or even for him?
Official answer: not right.
Studying at school and homework as an essential part of it - it is the child's responsibility.
This is not such an easy, but completely feasible “job” for him, therefore, ideally, he should cope with it himself (having, of course, the opportunity to ask for help if something is not clear or difficult).
And if he can’t cope, if he doesn’t know how to correctly distribute his strength and time, let him go to school with unlearned lessons, earn his legitimate deuces there, blush, get upset, draw conclusions and correct.
The point here is thatSchooling is the responsibility of the child, not the parents.. It is important.
The more responsibility and control the parent takes on here, the less of them the child has, who loses his own motivation, energy and self-respect.
And the more parents try to make their child learn better, the less chance he has of this.
As well as the chances to learn to manage yourself, your life, be responsible for the results of your activities, set your own goals and achieve them.
However, in life, as always, not everything is so straightforward and unambiguous.
The requirements of the modern school curriculum are serious.
There is also life outside of school (all kinds of circles / sections that really pull).
And in general - in a good way - there should still be time for walks, games, books, cartoons and doing nothing.
As a result, our poor 7-8-9-10-year-old child is loaded to the very top.
He would, perhaps, be happy only to learn to play the guitar. But at the music school they load him with rather sickly solfeggio, musical literature and a choir, which you have to not only go to, but also do assignments.
It's great if our child has a high motivation, craving for knowledge, inner composure and a strong nervous system, but if not?
So do you need an adult next to a child doing homework? I believe yes - if we are talking about the first two (three) years of primary school and at least the first year of secondary school (i.e. about the 5th grade, when the cabinet system appears, many new subjects, and most importantly, teachers with their different and sometimes conflicting claims).
The fact is that without an adult, it is difficult for a child at first (!) to organize his work, keep track of time and manage his schedule.
He needs someone next to him who will serve as a guide and reliable support in this new activity for a small person.
Who will notice achievements, encourage and feed faith in his own strength.
We remember L.S. Vygotsky and his law of "zone of proximal development": At every age, a child has a certain range of things that he can do on his own. And another circle - more - of those things that he himself is not able to perform - only with the help of an adult.
As the child develops, the circle of his independent affairs increases due to those that were previously performed together with an adult.
Simply put, tomorrow the child will do by himself what he did today with his mother (whoever) and precisely because his mother HELPED him.
But! A helping adult is present in the life of a schoolchild not to hang over him like a sharp-sighted critical eagle or solve problems for him , but to explain the incomprehensible, ask the right questions, plan the work, help start it, and then check and praise.
As the child learns new skills, the adult gradually steps back, “let go of the reins” (the main thing is not to miss this moment when it’s time to slowly move away and let go), freeing the child space for independent development and allowing him to experience joy and pride from the fact that he himself does a lot, that he is able, capable, successful.
And after everything so beautifully written, you ask me - how is it that I do solfeggio assignments for my 10-year-old daughter? You still don’t know what I do for her and do mathematics when she draws still lifes at the art lyceum for 5 hours on Mondays.
Life is like a river.The river does not always have regular, clearly defined banks. Sometimes it spreads, spills, sometimes tightly squeezes between rough rocks.
What I want to say: the ability to prioritize, to be flexible and act according to circumstances, not to create a prison for yourself from rigid, once and for all accepted rules, sometimes go over the banks, and then return to them again, while remaining in line with your own values and attitudes , - this is not bad and it helps a lot in life.
I think that the child needs to be supported. Not to take responsibility for his studies, not to control every letter, no, but to secure where he is about to run out of resources, and he will begin to collapse like a fence - in failure.
Failure, like physical fatigue, tends to accumulate and wonderfully poison existence.
Accumulating fatigue and accumulating failure are dangerous because the child can overstrain, lose faith in his own abilities and, as a result, hate learning and lose interest and incentive to learn.
So: look at your child, his abilities and capabilities, in no case compare with other children and do not reproach for mistakes, let him develop where he is interested, support his independence, do not impose your ideas about success, be the one a stone wall, on which you can always lean on and, if necessary, ask for help.
And then everything will be fine!published . If you have any questions on this topic, ask them to specialists and readers of our project .
Irina Chesnova
P.S. And remember, just by changing your consciousness - together we change the world! © econet
Whether it is worth helping a child with homework is a question that does not have a clear answer, but it worries the vast majority of parents. After all, on the one hand, the help of an adult with homework can increase academic performance. Yes, and often the child cannot even correctly understand the task, formulated more for associate professors than for primary school students. On the other hand, there is an opinion of psychologists that it is harmful to help a child with lessons, supposedly this will deprive the child of independence and the ability to think.
What is the right thing to do in such a situation? Should you do homework with your child? How can parents not get on their nerves and not go to extremes, find the optimal balance between “Dad decides, and Vasya surrenders” and “Lessons are the business of children, not adults”?
In our opinion, the majority of schoolchildren still need the help of their parents in doing homework, especially in the lower grades. Today's teacher has 25-30 children in a class, and the teacher simply does not have time to help everyone, to identify what is not clear, not passed, to show an individual approach to each student. That is why many psychologists and teachers recommend to parents at least initially help children with lessons . But helping parents should not be about sitting at the same table, controlling every letter, or even doing homework for the child. The main task of parents at this stage is to teach children to learn, to develop a regular habit of doing homework, to interest, motivate, and form commitment. If the training takes place in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, children learn to maintain concentration for sufficiently long periods of time, a positive attitude towards homework is developed.
For effective help, without nerves, you must follow a few simple rules:
Clear lesson schedule
Set a clear schedule for doing homework. To do this, discuss with your child the time at which he will start doing homework and when to finish. Try not to deviate from the schedule is undesirable, because a clear plan instills discipline. The best time to do homework is considered to be 15-17 hours of the day. The most “active” time for children is from 11 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm. However, given that the fifth lesson usually ends at 1 pm – 1.30 pm, and after school it’s very good to relax, take a little walk, have lunch, then just closer to 15 o'clock is the time to sit down for lessons.
It is convenient when these hours fall into an extended day group, where the child has time to do homework and can be free in the evening. But if your school does not provide after-school, it is worth fixing this time for doing homework. Let it become an important item in the daily routine of the student.
Breaks during lessons
While doing homework (especially if there are a lot of them), it is necessary to give the child the opportunity to rest. We did one lesson - 10 minutes break. At this time, the student can jump, run, do exercises for the fingers, play with the designer, dolls. In general, during this break, you can allow the child to do what he wants (although it is advisable to exclude the computer and TV).
Workplace for lessons
Make sure that the child has his own workplace. It is not necessary for a schoolboy to huddle at the kitchen table, during breaks, while his mother is chopping cabbage there. Good chair, table for lessons with the right light. It is important that there is nothing superfluous nearby - a TV, toys, CDs, designers. All this will distract and call for a game, and not for a serious matter.
Tips for the order of the lessons. First what you like
Don't know which subject to start with? Some tips for doing homework:
- Start your homework with those items that your child likes best, which are easier to come by. It motivates, confidence will come: I’m doing it, I liked it, I will continue to do my homework!
- If your child switches to work for a long time, slowly swings, it is worth, for a warm-up, to offer him to do the tasks easier. If the situation is reversed, the student quickly turns on but quickly gets tired, it is worth starting with the lesson that is more difficult, requires maximum composure.
- It does not matter whether you start with oral tasks or with written ones. The main thing is that when completing assignments in Russian, for example, a student first learns the rules, and then does a written assignment for this rule, and not vice versa.
There are no secrets in how to do homework with a child without nerves. One of the obvious components of psychological comfort for both the child and parents during homework is a calm atmosphere. Do not expect that the ability to get together, to focus on completing the task, will come to the student right away. All this will appear, but over time.
Therefore, parents need to be prepared for several steps in helping with homework:
The first stage implies that parents do most of the tasks with the child. They are nearby and observe the student very carefully: they determine where there are gaps in knowledge, at what moments the child begins to be distracted. It is very important that helper parents do not have to do the task for the child, you just need to be there.
At the next stage, parents begin part of the work to trust the child and not control it. Moreover, we choose, on the basis of the previous stage, exactly the part with which the child will definitely cope.
The third stage is when the child does all the homework himself, but you should be willing to help if necessary. You are near and will come if you call!
The fourth stage will begin around the fifth grade, when the child will do everything himself, and he no longer needs help from his parents. For working moms and dads, this is a holiday. But in the evening, still check the lessons, and explain what remained incomprehensible.
Point out mistakes
Don't be afraid of mistakes. Moreover, it is necessary to point out the child to mistakes. The only question is how to do it. The schoolboy is just raising his hand to write “little”, instead of “milk”, and mom is already shouting: “Mistake! Ruined notebook! » It is not surprising that in such a situation the child is frightened, feels insecure.
When checking a draft with homework, do not immediately correct them. You see that a mistake has been made, even if there are a few mistakes, invite the child to carefully look at what he wrote. Let him try to find the mistake himself. Correcting a letter or number on paper is easy, but low self-esteem in the future and the fear of taking on something at all, because in childhood they were “stuck”, it will be much more difficult.
Sleep is more important!
You see that the child is tired, do not force him to open his eyes and wade through the merging letters. If the child feels unwell, tired - help with the lessons, read the chapter or paragraph aloud. You see, there is so much to do, and there is very little time left before bedtime, take over the chore, like carving, while he does the math.
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Remember this name: Dr. Andrew Wakefield. In 1998, he published a scientific study in The Lancet on the association of vaccination with autism. Later, these conclusions were refuted by dozens of other scientists, and Wakefield himself was accused of data manipulation.
Moreover, an interesting detail emerged. For publishing an article about the connection between vaccines and autism, the doctor received a significant amount from a lawyer who represented the interests of families suing pharmaceutical companies. In addition, he undertook to treat children with alleged post-vaccination disorders with some dietary supplements of his own production.
The Lancet later published an official retraction of the article. In 2009, this issue was officially brought to an end after the so-called Omnibus Autism Proceeding took place in the United States.
So, do you need to get vaccinated and are they absolutely safe? It would be wrong to state this categorically. The risk of an adverse reaction, albeit microscopic, exists. But the benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risks. Yes, planes sometimes crash, but this is not a reason to refuse air travel.
Vaccine opponents often recall that most adults had rubella, measles and other infectious diseases in childhood, and nothing terrible happened. In fact, the risk of complications and death from these infections is too high. American pediatrician Paul Offit in his book "A Deadly Choice" cites the following US statistics:
- before the advent of the vaccine, pneumococcal infection annually caused up to 4,000,000 cases of otitis, 120,000 cases of pneumonia, 30,000 cases of sepsis and 25,000 cases of meningitis;
- Before vaccines were introduced, measles accounted for about 100,000 hospitalizations each year and 5,000 deaths;
- before children were vaccinated against influenza, about 100 deaths were recorded every year (and in 2009, during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, more than a thousand children died).
Why vaccinations are needed
The principle of operation of vaccines is simple: a weakened virus / bacterium or their components are introduced into the human body. The immune system naturally reacts, remembers the aggressor and gets rid of it faster and better at the next meeting.
Thanks to universal vaccination, herd immunity is formed when, due to the vaccinated majority, the disease does not spread. So, for example, a terrible disease that claimed millions of lives - smallpox - was defeated. Since 1979, there has been no such disease in the world. Smallpox was defeated by mass vaccination.
But when the number of vaccinated people decreases, there is an outbreak of the disease. This is what happened with measles, for example.
National vaccination calendar
The vaccination schedule varies from country to country. Unlike Western countries, there are no vaccinations against meningococcal and rotavirus infections, for example, in our national calendar. They can be made privately, but they are, unfortunately, not cheap.
Below is the national (approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation) calendar of preventive vaccinations, which are mandatory and carried out en masse, according to the age of children.
| Categories and age of citizens subject to mandatory vaccination | Name of preventive vaccination |
| Newborns in the first 24 hours of life | First vaccination against viral hepatitis B |
| Newborns on the 3rd - 7th day of life | Tuberculosis vaccination (BCG) |
| Children 1 month | Second vaccination against viral hepatitis B |
| Children 2 months | Third vaccination against viral hepatitis B (risk groups) |
| First vaccination against pneumococcal infection | |
| Children 3 months | First vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus |
| First polio vaccination | |
| First vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae (risk groups) | |
| Children 4.5 months | Second vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus |
| Second vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae (risk groups) | |
| Second polio vaccination | |
| Second pneumococcal vaccination | |
| Children 6 months | Third vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus |
| Third vaccination against viral hepatitis B | |
| Third polio vaccination | |
| Third vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae (risk group) | |
| Children 12 months | Vaccination against measles, rubella, mumps |
| Fourth vaccination against viral hepatitis B (risk groups) | |
| Children 15 months | Revaccination against pneumococcal infection |
| Children 18 months | First revaccination against polio |
| First revaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus | |
| Revaccination against Haemophilus influenzae (risk groups) | |
| Children 20 months | Second revaccination against polio |
| Children 6 years old | Revaccination against measles, rubella, mumps |
| Children 6 - 7 years old | Second revaccination against diphtheria, tetanus |
| Revaccination against tuberculosis | |
| Children 14 years old | Third revaccination against diphtheria, tetanus |
| Third revaccination against polio | |
| Adults over 18 years old | Revaccination against diphtheria, tetanus - every 10 years from the last revaccination |
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Children from 6 months, students in grades 1 - 11, some categories of adult citizens. |
Influenza vaccination |
What other vaccinations are made in our country? In addition to the national vaccination calendar, there are also regional ones. They are supplemented by infections that are especially common in certain regions. We are talking about vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis. This infection is often found in the Far East, the Urals, Karelia, Pskov, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Leningrad regions.
What to do before vaccinations
Be sure to visit a doctor! He will look into the throat, listen to the lungs and heart, check the temperature, get acquainted with the results of the tests, ask if the child has been sick for a long time. If less than a month has passed since the exacerbation of a chronic disease, as well as since the last infection (respiratory or intestinal - it doesn’t matter!) It is better to postpone the vaccination.
It is also better to refuse vaccination during intestinal and childhood infections or when someone in the family is sick with them. In this case, vaccinations should be done only after the incubation period has passed and the attending physician has given his consent.
Can I get the vaccine if the baby had a febrile seizure or was diagnosed with perinatal encephalopathy after birth? Then, when the neurologist deems it safe.
What parents of children with disabilities need to know
In children with chronic pathology, any infection is more severe and leads to an exacerbation of the underlying disease. Therefore, they need vaccinations even more than their healthy peers. But only such babies are vaccinated with a number of precautions.
For example, a child with a pollen allergy should not be vaccinated in the spring and summer when the allergen is present in the air, causing an exacerbation of hay fever. And household allergies are most reminiscent of themselves in autumn and winter. Therefore, it is better to vaccinate children with such a diagnosis in the warm season.
Children with food intolerances, all allergy sufferers and asthmatics should follow a hypoallergenic diet at the time of vaccination. For young allergy sufferers and asthmatics, all vaccines are administered separately. No combined immunopreparations such as DTP! Whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus will have to be vaccinated in different months, and not on the same day. To prevent vaccination reactions, the interval between repeated administration of the vaccine is increased.
Three to four days before vaccination, a child prone to allergies is given medicines for it and calcium supplements. When using inactivated (non-live) vaccines, this course is continued for another three to four days. Or they extend it to three weeks if the child was vaccinated with a vaccine with live attenuated microorganisms.
And what kind of children should not be vaccinated at all? With oncology, immunodeficiency and a severe reaction to previous vaccinations. Some vaccines contain antibiotics, egg white albumin, gelatin, yeast, and preservatives: a child may react to any of these components.
It is impossible to re-introduce the vaccine to which he gave a reaction! Children with allergies and asthma should be vaccinated only in a specially equipped treatment room, where there is everything necessary for providing anti-shock therapy, and remain under medical supervision for at least an hour after vaccination.
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Modern parents often have doubts about the vaccinations offered by doctors. Let's figure out if vaccination is really necessary, what are the disadvantages of vaccinations and whether everyone needs to get them.
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Pros and some statistics
- All the diseases that vaccines seek to prevent are very dangerous for young children. The hepatitis B virus, having entered the body of crumbs in infancy, will remain there for life, causing damage to liver tissues. By placing the baby in the BCG maternity hospital, you will protect the child from severe forms of tuberculosis. Infections such as tetanus, whooping cough, measles, poliomyelitis, hemophilic infection and others are of great danger in childhood. For example, the mortality rate from tetanus is over 80%.
- By refusing to vaccinate their children, parents increase the risk of epidemics of dangerous diseases in the future.
- The effect of vaccination on the development of autism was studied in a 2005 study, which took into account the data of about 100 thousand vaccinated children. It found no link between vaccinations and the disease.
- The percentage of complications after vaccination is many times less, than the percentage of complications in the disease if the child is not vaccinated.
Arguments against
Parents who oppose vaccinations usually make many arguments, most of which are only partially true:
- Vaccinations adversely affect a child's immune system. Immediately after vaccination, the baby becomes more vulnerable to diseases that an unvaccinated child might not have developed. This is true, but the weakening is only temporary.
- The vaccine does not provide 100% protection against the disease it is targeted at. Although the presence of partial protection is still better than no protection at all. When a vaccinated child is still infected, his disease is milder and practically does not give complications.
- A child who receives mother's milk is protected from infections, so you should not burden his immune system in the first year of life. Indeed, with mother's milk, antibodies are transmitted to the baby and during the first months they are a good protection against infections for the baby, but already at the age of 3 months their concentration decreases and the child becomes defenseless against bacteria and viruses.
- Each vaccine contains toxic preservatives that adversely affect the baby's body. It should be noted that vaccines are constantly being improved and the concentration of such substances is decreasing. In addition, if the child gets sick, he will have to take medications, which can also be toxic to the baby's kidneys and liver.
- There are no completely safe vaccines, each of them can cause allergies, brain damage and even death. This is true, however, the diseases that are vaccinated against most often lead to disability and death, in the case of vaccination, these are only exceptions to the rule.
E. Komarovsky's opinion
A well-known pediatrician says that vaccination is very important. He recalls that all the diseases against which a modern child is vaccinated continue to be detected by doctors and threaten both the health of children and their lives. That is why parents need to think carefully whether it is worth depriving their children of protection from those dangerous diseases, the causative agents of which are vaccinated from the national calendar.
Do all children need to be vaccinated?
If the child is completely healthy, vaccinations will undoubtedly benefit him. However, there are situations where vaccination is either delayed or cancelled. Therefore, they do not vaccinate:
- A child with any acute illness and a worsened general condition.
- A child with an exacerbated chronic pathology.
- Children who have had severe reactions to a previous vaccine administration.
- Infants with immunodeficiencies, severe anemia or cancer.
In addition, the hepatitis B vaccine should not be given to children who are allergic to yeast, the measles or flu vaccine to a child allergic to egg whites, and the rubella and measles vaccinations to babies allergic to aminoglycosides. Premature babies are not given BCG, and the DTP vaccine should not be given to babies with neurological diseases.
Admission to kindergarten
Only parents can decide whether to vaccinate their baby or not. All vaccinations provided for in the national calendar are carried out only on a voluntary basis, that is, after the consent of the parents.
Since 1998, the ability to refuse vaccination has been enshrined in law, for this you need to write a refusal to vaccinate. At the same time, in practice, getting into the garden without vaccinations is very difficult.
Parents trying to enroll an unvaccinated child in a kindergarten may face refusal to sign a medical card at the clinic by the medical staff and refuse to accept the card in the kindergarten from the head. This is a violation of their child's right to education, so it can be fought. Ask for written confirmation of the refusal of the child to enter the kindergarten. Usually after that the problem disappears.
Nevertheless, if you are going to send your baby to a child care facility without having vaccinated him, you should not forget that you are responsible for his health.
Vaccines were originally invented to prevent epidemics. However, as the example of smallpox in England (the city of Leicester) at the beginning of the 20th century showed, when people began to refuse vaccinations and the epidemic hit again, the number of cases among unvaccinated people was extremely low. It turned out that most people with a normal level of natural immunity are immune to this disease. This experience has shown that voluntary immunization, i.e. improved nutrition, hygiene, etc., brought much more benefits than vaccination, and without side effects. What is attributed to vaccination is often associated with improving the quality of life of people and, as a result, strengthening their natural immunity.
At present, general vaccination is conditioned by the illusion of a life without diseases. They try to convince people that you can live as you want, not take care of your health, drink alcohol, smoke, have promiscuous sex, and so on, and at the same time stay healthy by getting vaccinated and drinking a pill. This is a very strong, vicious delusion! If a person does not strengthen his immunity, then the vaccine often remains powerless, and what is the surprise of the parents that the vaccinated children suffer from the diseases against which they were vaccinated. After all, no one hides that vaccination does not provide 100% protection. However, they hide that the vaccine undermines the fragile immunity of the child.
In fairness, it should be said that there are cases when the risk of harm to health from a vaccine is lower than from a disease. Therefore, you need to consciously and sensibly weigh your decisions. Today we will talk specifically about vaccinations for children, since there are some nuances here.
Do children need to be vaccinated?
"Do children need to be vaccinated?" - the answer to this question requires clarification, since it is impossible to take and indiscriminately recommend that absolutely everyone should be vaccinated or not. It is necessary to understand in what conditions this or that child lives, what age he is, what lifestyle his parents lead and, accordingly, he, moreover, it is important how he was born and how he was born, how his mother ate before and during pregnancy , has been or is being breastfed and for how long and how much more.
If you still try to answer the question posed (do children need to be vaccinated), then healthy children whose parents lead a healthy lifestyle, do not drink alcohol, drugs, do not smoke, live in a normal area, and even more so in a village or outside the city, children regularly harden, eat right, whose relatives do not suffer from tuberculosis, vaccinations, of course, are useless.
The fact is that children from dysfunctional families are at risk. Here we mean not material wealth as such, but the environment and conditions in which the child is kept.
To decide for themselves whether or not to vaccinate their child, parents must weigh the benefits and harms of vaccination. For example, it is extremely unfavorable for newborn children to be vaccinated in the first days of life, since the body has not yet had time to adapt to new conditions. And for the immunity of the baby, this is an incredible stress, because immunity from vaccination, on the contrary, is undermined. In addition, parents should be aware that vaccinations such as BCG and DTP have strong side effects, and in most developed countries they have refused to administer these vaccines to everyone in a row, since they do more harm than good. Doctors in our country have not hidden for a long time that these vaccinations often cause complications.
Let's take a look at what some vaccines are designed to protect against, which will hopefully help you weigh the risks of currently getting these viruses and make the right vaccination decision.
BCG- Tuberculosis vaccine. The site dedicated to this disease says: “Russian tuberculosis is a social phenomenon, the roots of which lie in the low level of quality of life of people. Tuberculosis cases are more often recorded in places of deprivation of liberty. The following are the factors contributing to the emergence of tuberculosis:
- malnutrition;
- the presence of chronic diseases - pathologies of the pulmonary system, stomach ulcers, diabetes, etc.;
- alcoholism, smoking;
- addiction;
- unfavorable living environment.
And at the very end, the authors of the site make a very sensible conclusion: "The main way to overcome tuberculosis is to promote a healthy lifestyle." If you look at the statistics of the incidence of tuberculosis in Russia, you will find an inverse relationship between the level of quality of life and the number of patients. Note that now the level of quality of life is growing. So, what is the likelihood that a newborn who is kept in good home conditions will get TB? Here everyone must give an answer based on their situation.
DPT- vaccination against tetanus, whooping cough, diphtheria. As we said above, it can have strong side effects. In addition to the substances that make up its composition, too much pressure on the immune system causes harm, which in the days after vaccination weakens the immune system so much that the child becomes vulnerable to other infectious diseases. And yet, let's consider what is the probability of a child getting sick in the first months of life with these diseases.
Tetanus bacillus can enter the body through injured epithelial tissues (skin, mucous) from the ground, rusty tools, nails, animal bites. In order for tetanus to be activated, oxygen must not enter the wound, that is, it must be a fairly deep wound. At the same time, a tetanus vaccine can be given separately if necessary, that is, in the event of a serious injury, and not just like that, just in case. At the same time, homeopathic doctors claim that it is possible to cope with homeopathic remedies without resorting to such radical methods as vaccination.
Whooping cough It is transmitted by airborne droplets through direct contact with a carrier of the virus. After an illness, a natural stable immunity is formed for life. The effect of vaccination is short-term and requires revaccination. In addition, the vaccine does not guarantee complete protection against the disease. Previously, they brought their children to those who fell ill with whooping cough in order to get sick, as they do now with chickenpox, for example.
Hepatitis B. In addition to BCG, at the birth of a child, a hepatitis B vaccine is given in the maternity hospital. It should be noted that this vaccine is genetically modified, which means that no one knows for sure what effect it will have on the body in the future, however, like any GMO products. It should be noted that the hepatitis B virus is transmitted with the blood, saliva, urine, semen and other body fluids of the carrier of the virus. Infection occurs when the biological fluids of an infected person directly enter the blood of a healthy person, if he does not have immunity to hepatitis B. This can occur in case of injury and the introduction of the virus there, in case of sexual contact with an infected person or when using an unsterilized syringe. It turns out that the risk of getting this virus increases significantly with the introduction of vaccination. Attention, the question: “Why should a newborn get this vaccine?” The most interesting thing is that even an infected mother cannot transmit this virus to him, provided that the placenta is intact and the delivery is normal. In England, for example, this vaccine is given only if the parents are carriers of the disease.
We will not consider all the vaccinations included in the vaccination calendar, there are too many of them, but I strongly recommend that you study each one if you are not sure of your decision.
The right to refuse vaccinations
Every citizen of the Russian Federation has the right to refuse vaccinations for himself and his children. According to Art. 5 of Law No. 157-FZ of September 17, 1998 “On Immunoprophylaxis of Infectious Diseases”, anyone has the right to refuse vaccinations, also Art. 11 of this law states that vaccinations for minors are carried out only with the consent of the parents. It should be borne in mind that the lack of preventive vaccinations entails:
- prohibition for citizens to travel to countries where stay in accordance with international health regulations or international treaties of the Russian Federation requires specific preventive vaccinations;
- temporary refusal to admit citizens to educational organizations and health-improving institutions in the event of mass infectious diseases or the threat of epidemics;
- refusal to hire citizens for work or removal of citizens from work, the performance of which is associated with a high risk of contracting infectious diseases.
The list of works, the performance of which is associated with a high risk of contracting infectious diseases and requires mandatory preventive vaccinations, is established by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Refusal of vaccinations is issued on a form that must be issued at a clinic or educational institution. If the form is not issued for some reason, parents must write an application on their own. Appendix to the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia dated January 26, 2009 No. 19n recommended a sample form for refusing to vaccinate a child: “Voluntary informed consent to preventive vaccinations for children or refusing them.” Since this form is only recommended, parents have the right to draw up an application in any form, in which they should indicate:
- Full name of the parent, it is also recommended to indicate the date of birth, place of residence.
- Name and date of birth of the child.
- The full name of the vaccination (or list of vaccinations) that is being refused.
- Links to legislation are welcome.
- Be sure to indicate that the decision to refuse is considered.
- Date and signature.
There are enough examples of vaccination refusal statements on the Internet, you can use them.
Difficulties that can be encountered in case of refusal of vaccinations
The year is 2018, which means that a whole generation has already grown up without vaccinations, so in many regions of our country, social workers have become accustomed to refusing vaccinations and often no longer respond. At the same time, children calmly attend kindergartens and schools. However, sometimes there are some difficulties.
For example, if a child is not vaccinated against tuberculosis, and he did not have a Mantoux test, when entering a kindergarten or school, they often require a certificate from a tuberculosis specialist. Until recently, people actively wrote refusals to visit a phthisiatrician, as he required a Mantoux test or an X-ray, which is extremely undesirable for a child. The fact is that among the components in the Mantoux test there are harmful substances, such as estrogen, which has a negative effect on the human hormonal system, and phenol, a toxic substance, an overdose of which can disrupt the functioning of the heart, kidneys, reproductive system and leads to immune suppression. What puts this procedure on a par with vaccination. In this case, the indicators are often false positive in healthy people. According to the legislation, children under 14 years of age can be prescribed X-rays only in extreme cases. But at the moment the situation has changed, and new modern accurate alternative methods of tuberculin diagnostics have appeared, one of which, perhaps, makes sense to go through so as not to waste time and effort on statements, refusals, prosecutors and so on.
- PCR - polymerase chain reaction. For analysis, physiological secretions of a person can be taken: mucus, sputum, ejaculate, and even cerebrospinal fluid. The accuracy of the test is 100%. True, the test does not distinguish between dead tuberculosis DNA and living ones, therefore, in a person who has just recovered from tuberculosis, the test may show a false positive result.
- quantiferon test. Venous blood is used for analysis. Accuracy - 99%.
- T-SPOT is an analogue of the quantiferon test. Recommended for HIV-infected and those who have severely reduced immunity. Safe for pregnant women and babies. Accuracy - up to 98%.
It should be noted that the accuracy of the test for the Mantoux reaction is up to 70%, this method is considered obsolete in the modern world. The only negative side of the above alternative methods is their high cost.
In addition, there are situations when parents are threatened that they will not accept a child to a kindergarten or school without vaccinations, it happens that they really refuse to admit them and remove them from classes. In this case, you need to contact the prosecutor's office, these actions on the part of the leadership of children's institutions are illegal, if this is not a temporary suspension associated with the epidemic.
Whatever decision you make, remember that the most important thing about vaccinations is immunity! And it is laid long before the birth of the child, and also depends on how soon the umbilical cord was cut at birth, whether the mother is breastfeeding the child and how she feeds herself. In the first years of life, while the child is eating breast milk, he is under double protection, his and his mother's immunity, therefore, under normal conditions, children rarely get sick in these years and recover quickly. Also, do not forget to harden your children from the first days of life, go to the bathhouse with them and pour cold water on them!
Remember, the best alternative to vaccination is a healthy lifestyle!
