You’ve most likely heard stories of parents who used to purposely get their child sick with measles and chicken pox. This is a hundred percent true. I know this because I was one of those children. Back when I was a child, parents would hold measles and chicken pox parties to ensure the spread of the illness. How it worked was a child in the neighborhood would get sick with measles or chicken pox and the neighborhood kids were invited to play with the sick child and their toys. Cake and pop was served and the sick child didn’t feel so sick having kids to play with for a few hours after being kept at home for days.