I had chicken pox in Yr 12 in the middle of one of my sets of exams - what horrible timing! I still have a couple of scars on my face from it.

Both of my children have been vaccinated against it. My theory being - why expose them to a disease eg chicken pox when it is not necessary and they can possibly in fact be immunised against it? And yes some of the stories on here are "horror stories" but I would much rather my child have the vaccine and perhaps a mild dose of the chicken pox as opposed to being one of the unlucky ones who becomes a horror story. But that is all IMO of course!