The pressure modern parents feel to make the right child-rearing decisions is just one reason some decide not to have their kids vaccinated, or to forgo certain vaccines, according to Sociology Professor Jennifer Reich. “Each decision parents make, whether it's school choice, whether it's traveling soccer teams and tutoring, whether it's health care decisions, all feel high stakes," Reich said.

Why some Colorado parents reject vaccines has a lot to do with history and our Western culture
Colorado Public Radio, Feb. 21