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What happens to your 6 month old when she's 28 and gets exposed to chicken pox? Will she still be immune? or will she get one heck of a case? I too had my kids immunized for it because it was required, but if I had it to do over I think I'd rather they got chicken pox the natural way, as children, and have the full, normal immune response to a live virus as opposed to the attenuated immune response a distracted immune system gives the killed virus. They might get shingles someday (both of their parents did) but maybe they'd get only a mild case like we did, not one of the blinding, multiple-nerve-stem cases like some we've seen. Adult chicken pox is a terrible, terrible thing!

Very good point, Triple Word Score. I had forgotten about how bad chicken pox can be as an adult. I really don't know if they have any clue how effective the vaccine will be in adulthood. I agree with your analysis though: if the childhood vaccination leaves you open to a mild case of shingles as an adult, that's OK with me. But if it leaves you vulnerable to a full-blown case, yeah I'd rather just let my kid get sick.