However it is still a pretty carefree life as a child. Our parents had the 'big job' of caring for us. This is why it is a big responsibility being a parent. You have to make some difficult decisions as a parent, especially when you are disciplining your child and that is not always easy. The same thing can happen when you have to make health-related decisions for your children.
Immunisation is one important health decision.
There has been recent talk in the media about some of the risks of immunisation and it has got many parents worried. But just like any other medicine or treatment, immunisation also has its risks and benefits. However the risks from catching a serious disease without being immunised, are far greater than the very small risk of having immunisation. We don't see many serious diseases these days because immunisation has effectively got rid of them from our community. For example, diseases like poliomyelitis or diphtheria were common in our grandparents' days, but we are lucky that they are not so common these days.