Posted on 10/31/2015 7:01:44 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Oh boy. Thanks to those among us that have a peanut allergy, everyone else has to have a crappy Halloween. That’s what it means to be a sensitive, “responsible†American these days.
Here’s the sign asking parents to only hand out carrot sticks, raisins and other boring treats:
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Not in the small town where I grew up 50+ years ago, all the grandmother and auntie types who loved children started baking about 3 days before Hallowe’en. Homemade dough-naughts, popcorn balls, choc chip cookies made real butter, fudge, divinity, cupcakes, popcorn balls, rice crispy bars, candied apples, all those wonderful delicious yummy things! If our parents took some of those treats away, it was because they intended to eat it themselves, certainly not throw it away. The idea of poisoning a child was so far removed from anyone’s mind in those days; those days when houses were left unlocked, keys left in the ignitation, where a child was free to run and play on summer evenings until the street lights came on — and ride her bicycle for miles and miles, sans helmet of course, and every morning, after the pledge of allegiance, the teacher led the class in prayer.
Apparently, they’re too stupid to know that raisins are deadly for dogs.
I’m not sure that’s such a good idea on Halloween.
Even a half century ago, the first thing we did was throw out anything not factory packaged. Homemade treats and fresh fruits and vegetables went straight in the garbage can.
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In the ‘40s and early ‘50s, when I was a kid, our neighbors gave out popcorn balls, candied apples on sticks and fresh fruits, along with hard candy and wrapped candy.
Of course, back then, everyone in the neighborhood for blocks around knew all of the kids and there was not the paranoia that pervades today’s communities, which forces people to ignore their neighbors.
Amazing what a difference there is between the old radio only days and today! People actually visited their neighbors and their kids played together... outside, without supervision.
little tiny soda bottles made of plastic so when you chewed the top off, there was a little bit of juice in there.....yee haw!
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They were made of parafin, not plastic.
When I was a kid I loved Luden’s cherry cough drops!
If a parent let me know that their child has allergies I would be sure to have something set aside that he could have. If I had a child with this problem l would go to the neighbors and let them know. After trick or treat I would go through the bag and make sure that all was safe before they got any.
Most of these food allergies a psycho somatic.
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I flew on airlines for over 40 years that gave out packets of peanuts. I never saw anyone go into allergic shock. Same was true when in elementary school, where many of us kids had a bologna sandwich and a P&B sandwich. No one went into the anaphalatic shock.
Perhaps helicopter parents, preventing their kids from playing outside and getting downright dirty, that have contributed heavily to all of the allergies that their kids seem to have today.
Ditto, though my kiddo is allergic to dairy, so confiscating the twix bars really is for his safety!
I would NEVER presume to tell my neighbors, or my son’s class, what to hand out for treats. His safety is my responsibility and I would never surrender that responsibility to anyone else.
Gah, not cool man.
Your post made me laugh out loud. I suddenly remembered the picture I have of my cherubic 18 month old covered head to toe in black sticky mud. (He’s the kid with an allergy.)
We live in a mostly rural region surrounded by woods—our kids are in dirt a lot but one of them still has had some bad reactions to peanuts.
I tend to agree it’s something about our modern lives....I’m just not sure what.
Meantime, once you take your kid to the ER with a face swelling up like a balloon and having trouble breathing, it’s less a matter of how we got here than what do we do next. She is on total peanut avoidance now.
That said, she went out yesterday with her siblings. We encouraged her to take hard candy rather than bars, etc., but she ended up with plenty of peanut-laden things in her basket. We just simply went through her stuff afterward and switched out stuff she couldn’t have.
"Most" are probably just parents like we were...gave the kid a PB sandwich, she started crying a bit later and hives were breaking out all over and her eyes were swelling shut. Since then she's been medically diagnosed with it via contact reactions (in which--I believe--there are controls).
It's definitely real. Now what is causing it and why it is so prevalent now when it wasn't when I was a kid, I have no idea.
Raisins are full of sugar and high in calories. And they don’t taste good unless they are mixed with something else. Eating carrots will make you look like John Boehner.
So give the kids the candy they want. Send the rabbit food to Michelle.
These kids don’t even walk anymore. The big SUVs pull up and a dozen kids get out and try to take as much candy as they please. Then something like 15 Asian kids showed up out of nowhere. Very weird. And don’t try to ask them about their costumes! They’re in it for themselves not to get into a discussion about what they’re wearing. Probably think we’re all molesters or something.
“with the apples, an Exacto blade could fit nicely in one.”
IIRC, an apple with a razor blade is how this whole thing started maybe 25 years ago.
I figure that if your kid is a delicate doily with some food ailment, whether real or imaginary, keep him/her home so every kid’s fun isn’t ruined.
And what’s up with all these children’s allergies — the peanut thing, especially? Years ago, everyone brought peanut butter sandwiches to school. Nobody collapsed in agony, or died. Is it something in inoculations they’re getting? Is it real?
Candy napl
Yepper - instead of finding other like-minded parents or children with similar issues, and holding them a special party, go ahead and spit on everyone else’s parade....
Of course—as a parent, that’s what you do…...
That's because you're not a liberal busy-body.
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