This is a tough one.
Peanut allergies are serious and some kids can have major reactions (i.e. life threatening reactions) from the slightest contact to peanuts.
I think they are going a bit far. But there should be a concerted effort to keep the allergic kids away from potential exposure.
"But there should be a concerted effort to keep the allergic kids away from potential exposure."
Yeah. Isolate/insulate THEM.
Kids eating peanut butter is normal. If this allergic kid goes all thru skrewel without having to exercise prudence regarding peanut butter, WHAT WILL HE DO WHEN HE GRADUATES TO THE REAL WORLD?
The problem is that they're not trying to keep the allergic kid away...they're segregating the non-allergic peanutbutter eaters away.
Sounds like they should be doing the reverse.
Of course, this might hurt his "self esteem" and we can't have that (but to hell with the "self esteem" of the others).
Peanut allergies are serious and some kids can have major reactions (i.e. life threatening reactions) from the slightest contact to peanuts.
I think they are going a bit far. But there should be a concerted effort to keep the allergic kids away from potential exposure.
I agree with you. I don't think this is a case of "political correctness" gone crazy, but rather, an attempt by the school to avoid a major lawsuit if anything happened to this kid. It's a tough call.
That's interesting. I know no one, and I mean no one out of thousands of people I am acquainted with, who has ever come close to dropping dead from a peanut allergy. Complete, and utter, overreaction to a .01% of the population sort of problem.
Nothing tough about it.
The PBJ table is always going to have more than one kid sitting there.
The kid with the allergy either has to eat alone everyday, or risk death.
The PBJ table seems like a pretty good compromise. Anyone not in agreement can watch a kid go into anaphalactic shock from a reaction to either peanuts or almonds. Nobody should have to go through that.
The kid I saw got three autoinjectors of epinepherine to the thigh before he came out of it. Took him two full days to recover. The boy put his hand in an empty bag of peanuts that was lying in the playground. The oil was enough to trip him offline.
Bad breath anyone? What if he smells another student's breath after lunch? Is everyone from the peanut gallery required to brush their teeth after eating? Wash their hands and any 'contaminated' clothing?
Well then, maybe he should keep his fingers out of the other kids' sandwiches.