Would you deliberately...

At the age Jack is, no we won't be purposely exposing him to CP. But basically anywhere from the start of next year, seeing as he's in DC, we'll just go with the flow. I do want him to get them when he is younger. I know how bad they are, I had them twice (yes, you can get them twice but its very rare) and both times were bad. I was 5 and 6. But, I would much rather prefer that over getting CP when I was older. And like cuppatea said, good to boost the immunity.

For me, I see CP as just a part of growing up so if he's exposed, he's exposed. I may consider deliberately exposing if he gets to 4 or 5 without them. Having said this though, I have never had a family member with a severe/life threatening case of CP and if I did, it would probably change my mind.

a live vaccine is a mild 'dose' of the virus or disease. I would NEVER vaccinate my child after the reading the world health Org. information on vaccinations and doing a little more research than what the average GP will tell you.
The RISE of:
Allergies,
Auto immune issues.
ADHD,
Skin conditions,
neurological problems are all PROVEN to be the result of our mass immunisation programmes in developed countries, it is much, much better for someone to develop natural immunity to measles, CP etc rather than injecting poison into kids.
If you are interested read "just a little prick" it is an amazing book, fully referenced.
Don't forget that all GP's have their patients stats recorded and they are very much 'encouraged' to get as many people as possible to vaccinate, regardless what they believe themselves.

By the time you obviously know that another child has chickenpox it's too late to do anything as the contagious stage is 2 days before the spots appear and until all the spots have crusted over.

I had chickenpox twice when I was a kid and I just thought it was a pain in the but because I was itchy, my mum taped mittens to my hands and I chewed through the tops of them

When you have chickenpox your body creates antibodies to fight the infection and thus builds an immunity to the disease so that the chances of getting it again are low (unless you are like me and had a very low immune system). Chickenpox spreads through the air and takes 15 minutes to infect someone, even less time if you have face-to-face contact such as a conversation. It takes 11-20 days before you show any signs.

Personally I'd rather my kids got CP when they were kids because it's not only more horrible as an adult it's also more likely to become complicated.

I'd rather my kids developed a natural immunity, building a stronger immune system (something I never had).