Yes, Crunchy Mamas, Give Your Kid the Covid-19 Vaccine

I’m all about natural parenting, and my kid just got the shot.

My 7-year-old kid Tzivia with her brand new Covid-19 vaccine card (Photo by author)

Holistic. Yes. Natural. Yes. Intentional. Yes. Vaccinated. Yes.

Wait, what?

I’m into “natural parenting,” and my kid got a Covid-19 shot this week. Hear me out!

My “crunchy mama” credentials are pretty undeniable.

• Not only did I intentionally birth my child in my living room; I ate the placenta.
• Not only did I never own a stroller; I wore my kid on my back until she was 4.
• Not only do I put organic kale chips in my kid’s lunch; my kid has been vegan her entire life.
• Not only did I nurse my kiddo on-demand; I fed her other women’s breast milk (long story).

So I cringe when I see lists like 20 Signs You’re a Crunchy Mama that attempt to define natural parenting as naturally anti-vax. “Your children aren’t vaccinated and never will be,” that list reads.

And maybe you, dear reader, have accepted the anti-vax identity yourself. But I know you, like me, like to question things. So let’s do some questioning.