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In reply to the discussion: Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child [View all]tabasco
(22,974 posts)299. Ummmmm.... perhaps because it is grossly inefficient to re-order society based on
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the peculiarities of a very small minority.
Persons who are allergic to common, staple foodstuffs need to make other arrangements, not the remaining 99.9%.
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Yes they do need to be changed. And in the meantime, this school should stop stonewalling this
Squinch
Apr 2013
#379
Definately. I would hate for my kids to be deathly allergic to such a common food item.
ZombieHorde
Apr 2013
#159
The epi-pen is probably in the school office, and at least in my school district,
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#33
With no instant access to an epi-pen, this kid effectively needs to be quarantined.
strategery blunder
Apr 2013
#218
Neither; the district has a zero-tolerance policy for all meds. Kids aren't supposed to have
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#197
I am allergic to strawberries, and vomit after eating them, but this kid is so allergic he could DIE
peacebird
Apr 2013
#334
A foccacia with anything you like on it, whatever roasted veg suits you, and a bit of
MADem
Apr 2013
#426
I've always had allergies but never one that could send me into anaphylactic shock.
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#106
It ISN'T a "low income lunch program"! It's exactly the same lunch the vast majority eat,
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#125
You come across as patronizing to people with life-threatening medical conditions.
joeunderdog
Apr 2013
#352
So that means no more PB&J sandwiches at lunch for all kids at the school?
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
#123
Peanuts are an ingredient in a LOT of foods, and sometimes not on label. Impossible.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#367
It's reasonable to have the entire school...every kid...go peanut free for one kid?
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
#233
Ummmmm.... perhaps because it is grossly inefficient to re-order society based on
tabasco
Apr 2013
#299
Equating a child's possible fatal reaction and the right to peanut butter is kind of stupid.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#430
Not sure where you are getting your number from. Here is a source about peanut allergies:
Squinch
Apr 2013
#442
That source isn't the Center for Disease Control. That is Meredith Broussard (whoever she is)
Squinch
May 2013
#469
That's not true. I flew a US carrier just this month and got peanuts going to and from California.
MADem
Apr 2013
#394
She's suing the school, and demanding that they ensure a "peanut free" environment for her child.
MADem
Apr 2013
#412
It's not about PEANUT BUTTER! Peanuts are ingredients in LOTS & LOTS of foods!
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#368
Thx! Interesting they can become desensitized sometimes? That's good news. nt
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#421
So these kids lives are limited to home, school and only controlled environments?
ReasonableToo
Apr 2013
#349
agreed. peanut butter does not trump potentially very sick/dead child
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#275
complete bs. many kid-oriented kitchens are not completely peanut/tree-nut free.
unblock
Apr 2013
#76
Very possibly. But the schools have made every effort to keep the kids safe, and it seems
Squinch
Apr 2013
#347
There are peanuts in so many products that an allergy this severe is hard to control
Yo_Mama
Apr 2013
#78
I agree. If it's that severe an allergy the kid should probably be home schooled
Arugula Latte
Apr 2013
#121
If my child were that allergic, I sure would not trust other parents or other kids.
Drahthaardogs
Apr 2013
#302
Sorry, but one kid with a peanut allergy vs however many don't have them?
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2013
#15
Be rather idiotic (at best) to predicate school policy on "life isn't fair..."
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#173
Such adaptations do cost money, which can inconvenience people where the budget is tight. That is
LeftishBrit
Apr 2013
#74
"you have to get your peanut butter sammich at home" is a tiny, tiny inconvenience
unblock
Apr 2013
#80
Maybe being in a wheelchair right now makes me realize how fucked up and insenitive people can be.
Neoma
Apr 2013
#103
Its true that hospitals accomodate diets, but hospitals aren't "nut free zones". They make the
Erose999
Apr 2013
#157
Its an area of the kitchen though, and not the entire hospital. I mean you can still get nut items
Erose999
Apr 2013
#212
Maybe someone should open up a charter school for children with extreme allergies. THey can have
Pisces
Apr 2013
#98
This opens the school to lawsuits if someone makes a mistake and sends in a food item
Pisces
Apr 2013
#296
No, actually it doesn't open the school to anything like that. Where do you get this stuff?
Squinch
Apr 2013
#345
Carry on with the drama. It really adds to the excitement of discussing this issue, which for
Squinch
Apr 2013
#380
Two of those (2nd and last) are the same kid, who didn't eat a peanut, he ate a cookie
MADem
May 2013
#457
I am with you on this one. My granddaughter evidently has a classmate that has that problem.
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2013
#28
My niece is 10 years old with a serious peanut allergy. She could die if she ingests them.
smirkymonkey
Apr 2013
#295
The solution is simple. Teach the kid to not eat other kid's food. Or, home school him.
leveymg
Apr 2013
#27
Thank you for that information. Anaphylaxis is indeed a serious medical event.
leveymg
Apr 2013
#297
Not to sound insensitive but I don't think it's fair to inconvenience so many for just one person.
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#30
ok, so a parent lapses and sends their kid to school with a peanut lunch, what next?
uncle ray
Apr 2013
#138
Distance learning--even better. That way the parent doesn't have to do the work.
MADem
Apr 2013
#250
What other disability would require that every person in the school modify their behavior?
MADem
Apr 2013
#246
I don't disagree that a compromise would certainly work, as others here have suggested.
MADem
Apr 2013
#355
How do you know banning peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, pecans, etc., is a "minor
WinkyDink
Apr 2013
#328
They're asking for peanuts and all tree nuts be banned. It's in the article. n/t
tammywammy
Apr 2013
#356
Let's imagine that, instead of a peanut allergy, some student had an extreme sensitivity to light.
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#45
I have been reading that peanut oil in vaccines is behind the rise in peanut allergies.
IdaBriggs
Apr 2013
#50
Refining peanut oil is supposed to kill the proteins that cause allergic reactions. n/t
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#56
Well said. Kids who have allergies need to be taught to protect themselves. This kid is not in a
Pisces
Apr 2013
#364
My district handles this by making the child's homeroom nut-free, not the whole school.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2013
#95
Nick should learn not to put his hands to his mouth without first washing them.
Barack_America
Apr 2013
#100
I've been SEVERELY allergic to many things in my life, thankfully peanuts aren't one
DainBramaged
Apr 2013
#114
Peanut allergies affect 300 percent more kids than as recently as 1997, according to this
Arugula Latte
Apr 2013
#132
When I was in PA School, I had a classmate who insisted that treating bacterial infections
Aristus
Apr 2013
#150
I have very bad pollen allergies that completely disappear when I go to places like Central America.
Marr
Apr 2013
#342
I've run into several parents who are absolutely sure their kid has a deadly peanut allergy
jeff47
Apr 2013
#337
So... you know "several moms" who don't know their kids eat PBJ at school, but you know it?
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#341
but you dont personally know if this kid was part of the overdiagnosed category, do you?
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#414
It's one thing to ask people to be accomodating. It's another thing to demand it. nt.
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#137
Plastics in cookware, chemical additives, steroids in meats, genetically modified foods, etc. etc...
joeunderdog
Apr 2013
#358
+1. I can remember my kid, at 5, pointing at one of those "uncrustable" PBJs in the
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#210
It is definitely true that a person with this type of allergy has to learn to manage it
Yo_Mama
Apr 2013
#255
Four months. It's not an experiemental treatment either--it's simple desensitization.
MADem
Apr 2013
#439
four months is about the right minimum time for the challenges *in a doctor's office*
unblock
Apr 2013
#441
A major time commitment for a normal life. I think, if there's a treatment available for a kid
MADem
Apr 2013
#450
If they are going to accommodate this child then they need to accommodate all of them...
Kalidurga
Apr 2013
#183
i don't know where a cafeteria serving non-kosher food would be life-threatening.
unblock
Apr 2013
#193
Because kids like that one die if they have anything with the slightest trace of peanuts...
Violet_Crumble
Apr 2013
#315
Or you could avoid all that if you stuck to banning just the food that can kill one of the kids.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#272
I was under the impression most schools have already gone peanut free.
proud2BlibKansan
Apr 2013
#187
Quite generally speaking, children need to learn to cope with all kinds of things; but while they
LeftishBrit
Apr 2013
#429
Step One, for anyone with a serious allergy, is to seek desensitization therapy.
MADem
Apr 2013
#236
If my child had that severe of an allergy we would pack all of his lunches and
grantcart
Apr 2013
#219
A lot of schools are now nut free. Kids have a way of sharing things and all it would take is
appleannie1
Apr 2013
#254
Indeed even if there is a ban there is no guarantee that every item of food brought in will be safe.
PoliticAverse
Apr 2013
#318
it's funny when it comes to the wealthy we are always talking about how they should
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#278
In my experience, asking kids not to bring peanuts is pretty common.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#280
many other schools have done it and succeeded. a reasonable accomodation can
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#400
A reasonable accommodation is a letter home to his classmates and a table in the corner of the
MADem
Apr 2013
#411
i think its sad that we define liberty as ability to eat peanuts in schools
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#413
Not only peanuts; SHE ALSO ASKED TO BAN ALL TREE-NUTS, PEOPLE. That is one heckuva request.
WinkyDink
Apr 2013
#325
everywhere else the kid can bring his epipen. Also the parents can limit access to other spaces
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2013
#403
Schooling is a necessity, schooling happening in particular buildings, not so much.
Silent3
Apr 2013
#408
I wasn't positing a slippery slope at all, that one ban would or could lead to the other
Silent3
Apr 2013
#410
If this kid were allergic to oxygen some here would advocate banning that as well
Demo_Chris
Apr 2013
#387
That makes sense. Because who can tell the difference between peanuts and oxygen?
Squinch
Apr 2013
#445
Up above someone said their child's snack had been confiscated so the next day she brought it
dkf
Apr 2013
#402