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In reply to the discussion: Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,003 posts)..or anything that has traces of peanuts. Religious stuff doesn't cause children to die, do they? I must have missed spotting any incidents where that's happened.
Small children don't understand what happens when they eat peanuts and their classmates don't understand what will happen if they give them any. As with all things with small kids, adults, especially parents take the lead and protect them until they're old enough to understand and look after themselves. Why should it be any different when it comes to a life-threatening allergy?
I do NOT want to deprive a small child of a sandwich. The parents can put something fucking else but peanut butter on it if they value a child's life over that of needing to be able to eat peanut butter every minute of every day...
And my niece isn't 'special needs' because of the allergy. That's really offensive...