“No Sleepovers”: 63 Healthcare Workers Warn About Things That Are Much More Dangerous Than They Seem

Former peds nurse and also child of parents born in the 1920s: I would never let anyone I love forgo vaccinations.

Continue to prolong their lives when quality of life is poor. At a certain point it just becomes cruel.

Energy drinks. I'm in Cardiology and they are not good for your heart.

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Energy drinks. As a paramedic I’ve seen too many young otherwise healthy people go into crazy rhythms because of them. Had a couple in straight up A-fib. No way.

Pediatrician here. ATVs. Refuse vaccines. American Football. Chiropractors - ESPECIALLY for babies and children. Respect Dr. Oz 🤮. Drink raw milk. Home birth. Listen to anything RFKJ has ever said. Refuse sunscreen…the list goes on.

EMT here. Feet on dashboard. Just don’t do it. Please.

Not wear seatbelts... no sir in my car you will buckle up.

Urologist here - I never let my kids play any contact sport without wearing a cup.

I’ve had to repair damaged or remove shattered testicles from kids who haven’t worn their cups during a practice or game.

CUP UP!

Live in states with 6 week abortion bans.

Accept medical advice from social media influencers who have affiliate links in bios, courses or supplements to sell, advertising that they found the big secret that the evil powers that be have kept from you but if you pay them, then they’ll give you the goods.

Make sure you really WANT to be pregnant and raise children.

No alternative (quack) medicine for cancer.

I wouldn’t let my 6’4”, brick solid son play football, even when coaches begged. When a college coach said “Son, I will let you walk on and teach you this game and see that you get a scholarship,” my son said: “Sir, you haven’t met my mother. Not gonna’ happen, but thanks.” So many other things, as well, but football spinal injuries are so pointless.

Blue swimwear (it blends in with the water and makes kids almost invisible to lifeguards).

Former healthcare worker (music therapist) and current teacher. I don’t put pictures of my kids on social media, ever.

Chiropractor manipulating a person's neck. I have seen 2 occasions where a person ended up in our ICU after this. Both times, they needed surgery to repair the damage

Never take off immediately at a green light, the extra 3-5 seconds u wait can save your life!

Be sedentary. I see far too many relatively young people almost immobilized and out of breath doing simple tasks because of weight and inactivity.

Forensic pathologist here. It's best to say 'no' to: smoking, [illegal substances], donorcycles, ATVs, chiropractors, 'wellness' grifters, home births, bed-sharing with babies, not wearing seatbelts or helmets, ignoring mental health issues, ignorning chest pain, refusing vaccines, firearms in the home, running from the police, dismantling safety devices, running back into a burning building, engaging with unfamiliar dogs, pools without gates and alarms, elderly people on ladders...the list goes on and on.

I'm a social worker and I'll say: let teenagers become fully peer centric. They still need their parents and parents have to work at maintaining the connection. Teens aren't grown enough to raise each other and they need the adults in their lives to avoid some pit falls.

NO ELDERLY MEN ON THE DAMN ROOF! Call a roofing company!