WEll, it is my child with the allergy, and i ghold the same opinion. I am the parent of a child with a LTA and I would never consider asking parents not to feed thier child shellfish. Children eat them all the time at DD's school and I am fine with that. Mucho f the local economy depends on the seafood industry and it is in almost every restaurant here. Iti served in school lunches weekly at DD's school. I cannot spend her entire life ensuring that no one ever eats shellfish around her. Tere is no reason any child in her school should not be able to eat shellfish at school. There is no need for a "shellfish free school". I feel iti s up to the parent to educate the child about thier allergy, and teach them how to manage it.
It is not about "not being able to feed a child PB", but about the unecessary counterporductive lengths they are gonig to that interfere with class time. As the parent of an allergy child I DON'T want her school shellfish free. I prefer that she learn how to safely deal with people around her eating things she is allergic to. The eniter world will never be shellfish free, and she needs to learn to live in it.
Ther are no vaccines for allergies!!!!!Peanuts are in a lot of things even if the physical nut isn't in there. I'm using peanuts as an example...
there needs to be some consideration for allergies of other people....
if nobody cared about other peoples allergies, then there wouldn't be any vaccines to help them nor would there be companies who make foods in a peanut free facility so that people with allergies can eat.
allergies aren't chosen, and yes they do have to learn to live with them, however, everyone can take simple steps to help one another out and provide a safe school environment. and the fact that some parents are so unwilling to do so shocks and saddens me.
Peanut butter is not even that good for you...
4 points on the weight watchers scale for one tablespoon....
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I'm taking my toys and I am going home!
Peanuts are in a lot of things even if the physical nut isn't in there. I'm using peanuts as an example...
there needs to be some consideration for allergies of other people....
if nobody cared about other peoples allergies, then there wouldn't be any vaccines to help them nor would there be companies who make foods in a peanut free facility so that people with allergies can eat.
allergies aren't chosen, and yes they do have to learn to live with them, however, everyone can take simple steps to help one another out and provide a safe school environment. and the fact that some parents are so unwilling to do so shocks and saddens me.
I was just discussing this with my dh. He brought up something I had not really considered....say there are 180 days in the school year....30 minutes per day for washing and rinsing consumes 90 hours of class time. Imagine what can be accomplished in those 90 hours! Three and three quarter days worth of washing and rinsing.....unfreakingbelievable!
But where does it end? Are we going to ban every single food that there is an allergy to from schools? Strawberries, shellfish, eggs, wheat, a friend of mine's child is allergic to histamine, I'm not even sure what that's in, plus all of the products that are manufactured in a facility that has peanuts. Does one child deserve to be protected more than the others?
Simple steps? Schools are laying off teachers and teachers are buying their own supplies, but I wonder how much a "peanut sniffing dog" service costs?
I think that it is absolutely unbelievable that parents think that they should be able to feed their child peanut butter when they know other children have allergies.
if it were your child with the allergy, I'm sure you would change your opinions.
It's called being considerate!! Everyone should feel safe sending their child to school and not worry about their child going into anaphlactic shock!
There are many other options for children to eat other than peanut butter...
Peanut butter is not even that good for you...
4 points on the weight watchers scale for one tablespoon....
I don't mean to be disrespectful I just know a lot of people who have allergies, and it is outrageous that people are upset because they cant feed their children peanut butter....
Ther are no vaccines for allergies!!!!!
There are not "simple steps" you can take to provide a completely safe school environmenty for this child. What they are doing does nothing to help her.