How many times can a child get chicken pox?

Once, if the immune system is intact. As immunity wanes later in adult life, the virus can reemerge as shingles.

Jay

For the majority of children and adults, Chicken Pox can only appear once. But it all depends on the immune system. Chicken Pox is a virus, which means that after it is in your body it does not leave. The virus settles down in one part of your body and that is where shingles will appear if they ever do. But if your body does not build that immunity to the virus then you can break out with Chicken Pox more times then normal.

Julie Ann,

I  had  chicken pox age  2 years old , My late mom told  me  I had  them bad , Well   when my  cousin was  age  5 years old  at  the time ,  She had  chicken pox , My mom was her guardian , I lived at home   and  sure  enough  I  got   Shingles , So i am not  so  sure  about  Chicken Pox ..How  i know i had  Shingles  my  doctor  asked me , If  i was around  anyone  with  Chicken Pox , I said,  Yes my cousin , Well   that  answers  your  question

Only once if it is not forced to be stopped. It should not be stopped and drugs should be given to complete the full cycle in lesser time. If you will suppress it, then it may appear again, becuase the immunity was not properly developed in the body against the germs of the disease.