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In reply to the discussion: Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child [View all]Last edited Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:12 PM - Edit history (1)
First, no one is telling the other children or custodians not to have peanuts at home. No one is saying anything about stray peanut dust. Speaking of canards.
Second, it's called and IEP.
Third, if the child's allergy is that severe, desensitization is probably not going to solve the problem
Fourth, thousands of schools go peanut free every year. My work takes me to 5 such sites this year. It is not a big deal. Everyone here who has no idea of what goes on in schools, and who are vehemently arguing against the workability of something that is done all the time without any particular fanfare or difficulty, needs to stop.
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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