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Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Since when has shipping your kid off to be locked in building not been voluntary?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
How about the allergic kids eat in a different room? Or on the other side of the cafeteria? Or use the cafeteria first? I'm sure the concern is cross contamination. Perhaps they should look at their cleanliness issues. I could think of a lot of solutions short of BANNING Mr. Peanut...
But with compromise comes with new problems. Isolating a child at a separate table because of his or her allergies can create social ostracism and lead to bullying.
Ugh! Then punish the BULLIES, not the bullied! Every time I see a story like this, I am thankful that I didn't have kids. The school system is whacked!
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
Then your low income neighborhood is vastly different than my low income neighborhood. My world is populated by dual income families scraping by and raising a lot of latch-key kids.
~Heff
Schools are places where people are forced into small spaces for elongated periods of times. Like airplanes.
Originally posted by Hefficide
And, oh, BTW, airlines voluntarily do not use peanut products. Why? Because they don't want to be sued over an avoidable medical situation. Why should a public school have less of a right to protect itself and it's "customers" than a corporation?
It's common sense. And there's no common sense in absolutist argument.
~Heff
Originally posted by TXRabbit
this whole Allergy issue blows me away.
I'm in my mid-40's. I cannot, for the life of me, remember 1 single kid in school who was either a) allergic to nuts, b) had asthma or c) was austistic/ADHD
What the hell did we do to our society these last 30 years that makes this happen?
Originally posted by CoherentlyConfused
Can allergies kick in by merely smelling peanut butter?
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by kaylaluv
I'd honestly have to research that ( people bringing peanuts onto planes ). I am not sure about the answer. Unfortunately I had a death in my family yesterday and am being pulled in several different directions today involving wakes, viewings, and funeral arrangements... So I may not get to doing this research for a day or three. My apologies. But I will return with an answer at some point.
~Heff