answer:I don’t have kids, but it surprises me that doctors “ask” parents. I would have assumed they tell parents it time for certain shots and some parents object. I think doctors should phrase childhood vaccines as a matter of course. The parents who are more read up or more nervous about it can discuss any ojections or concerns with the doctor. I have more than one friend who has said when their children were young they had no idea to even question vaccine, I assume their doctors just told them it was time for a shot. They had their children all between 10–20 years ago; when there was already some paranoia about vaccines. But, these few friends I am thinking of were oblivious to some of the concerns, they never entertained there could be anything negative from a vaccine. These same friends will take any pill prescribed to them and borrow a pill from someone if they think it will make them feel better. LOL. I only have one friend who delayed or withheld vaccines for their children. Even that friend wound up doing everything except chicken pox, and her youngest child may not have received another because she had had some seizures. I don’t remember which vaccine it was, and since she stopped having seizures maybe eventually she took the shot. Her kids caught chicken pox, if they had not had chicken pox by age 12 she would have vaccinated. Her pediatrician was very cooperative with her fears about vaccines.