Mayim Bialik once revealed that she does not give her young children children medications or antibiotics, despite them regularly falling unwell.
The Big Bang Theory star, now 46, made the revelation about her unusual parenting decision on the blog Kveller, where she also wrote about breastfeeding and attachment parenting.
She told HuffPost Live that she has faced a lot of backlash for opening up about her parenting techniques, including when she breastfed her son, then three, on a subway in New York City.
“I received a tremendous amount of backlash,” she revealed. “What I like to point out is that was the best way for that subway ride to be pleasant for everyone. It was the end of a very long day.”
However, this was almost certainly the least controversial thing the actress has done as a parent.
Back in 2014 she revealed that her children, then aged six and three and a half, have had ‘just about every ailment, sickness and flu’ but she has never given them medication or antibiotics.
Bialik admitted: “Neither of our sons has ever been on antibiotics, nor do we give them Tylenol, Motrin, antihistamines or cough syrup.
But while she had previously revealed that her sons were not vaccinated, she explained in a later interview that they did receive their vaccinations before the Covid-19 pandemic and that she is not anti-vax.
She clarified to The Daily Beast: “My kids were vaccinated before [the pandemic]. I think the only change is that I chose to publicly talk about it.
“Some children have allergies which are exacerbated by ingredients in vaccines, some children are highly susceptible to seizures from fevers which vaccines can cause, some children have compromised immune systems,” she said.
“As of today, my children may not have had every one of the vaccinations that your children have, but my children are vaccinated. I repeat, my children are vaccinated.”
“Some children have allergies which are exacerbated by ingredients in vaccines, some children are highly susceptible to seizures from fevers which vaccines can cause, some children have compromised immune systems,” she said.
“As of today, my children may not have had every one of the vaccinations that your children have, but my children are vaccinated. I repeat, my children are vaccinated.”
Antibiotics only work on bacterial infections, not on viruses.
The abuse of antibiotics in the western world lead to resistant mutations (besides it messes up your intestinal flora)
Regarding vaccines, in most cases it is worthwhile to take advantage of them. My son is allergic to eggs, so any vaccine were the pathogen was grown on an egg, it is not recommended for him.
I totally agree with her! We need to nutritionally give our children the immunities they need without big pharma making a profit on fear, threat, danger of ultimate infection, or pressure from those who are sheep to big pharma. These so-called antibiotics are some sort of poison developed (for money by big pharms) in order to make us weak land dependent on medications and government. In fact, I believe that to be true to the point of eliminating parts of the world population for the good of world order.
The headline of the email indicates ‘Religious Actress Refuses to Give Her Children Medications.’ The article makes no mention of religion. Does this site do any proofreading or checking of facts?
The email link to this article indicates ‘Religious Actress Refuses to Give Her Children Medications’ The article makes no mention of her religious beliefs. Does this site do any proofreading of fact checking?
She was raised as a Reform Jew and has called herself a “staunch Zionist”