Posted on 01/05/2005 5:17:35 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
YORKTOWN, Ind.-Savannah Dowling is a typical 8-year-old girl; much of her protein comes from peanut butter sandwiches.
However, if she wants to bring one to Central Indiana's Pleasant View Elementary School, she has to eat it at a special table to accomodate one first grader with a severe allergy. Soon she'll have to take her lunch to an area the school is calling the "peanut gallery" so the one child with the peanut allergy isn't affected.
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You never addressed bikepacker's question -- what about the child who eats peanut butter at breakfast, then comes to school?
If I had children with literally life-threatening allergies, I would not send them to school every day with scores or hundreds of little kids who could conceivably kill them just by bringing a Baby Ruth to school.
Maybe America West still does, but a lot of them have stopped. Many have been sued. You haven't noticed getting more pretzels, trail mixes, and biscotti cookies?
In the 70's and 80's, the peanuts were as close to a flying ritual as you could get.
I once had a discussion about this with a lady who had a soy allergy. During snack time she would bring him his own snacks in order not to inconvenience the other children or the teachers. With being so helpful with her own son, I thought for sure she would understand why people are upset about the banning of peanuts everywhere. But, she thought it was a good thing to do. Her reasoning was that it would teach other children compassion and to think of others.
What is causing these food allergies with peanuts et al.? Is it related to diet or something?
How come we never used to hear so much about them?
"As a parent, I am relieved"
Yeah, I've heard these penut alergies are the absolute worst of the lot. None of the recent parents I know even let their kids touch penuts - not for the first few years of their life. I'm incredibly prone to blasting it all as a bunch of PC, wimpy liberal crap that we now have to deal with, but the more rational part of my brain knows that as soon as some kid is exposed as having a penut alergy, some jackass kid is going to come up and force him to eat a penut. Indeed, I read an article a few years ago about a kid who touched a penut to a kid in the school lunch line, and the kid had to be rushed to the hospital. It sucks, but for once the liberal, PC "ban everything" answer makese sense, in this one instance at least.
However, when we cater to the needs of the few pretty soon nothing will be allowed. Some people are deathly allergic to shellfish - maybe we shouldn't allow children to bring a lunch has traces of shrimp in it to school. Some people are incredibly allergic to latex. Maybe we shouldn't paint the school walls with latex paint. Some people are so allergic to cats or dogs that they'll have trouble breathing. Should families with pets have to maintain separate "animal free clothing" so that animal dander won't cause a reaction in sensitive individuals?Well now you're just being an insensitive, ignorant jerk - what with all that common sense being spouted! ;-)I also believe the allergic children should be the ones seated at a separate table rather than the non allergic ones. Unfortunately, they're saddled with this issue and they're going to have a (probable) lifetime of having to deal with it. While you are certainly free to disagree, I believe it isn't doing them (or anyone else) any favors to have them think that the world has to change because of their needs.
Why can't the ONE person go somewhere else? Not a rhetorical question, I really want to know why.
ROTFLMAO
As much as I sympathize with those who have peanut allergies I wonder what would happen if a child has peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast (yes, my family has done this) or some other peanut butter treat in the morning, then the child goes to school with the peanut oil on them? I would assume that child being near an allergic child could trigger a reaction.
My guess is that the parents of peanut-allergic kids don't settle in towns with peanut factories.
Gee, that may be the first time I've been so accused:) A red letter day for me! Actually I do understand that anaphylactic reactions ARE very serious, but I don't think the solution is for the world to have to change.
This is one allergy that appears to be unforgiving. Deadly reaction that occurs VERY quickly.
Thank you for expressing what the VAST MAJORITY of people think.
You're probably right. I'll alter the argument slightly:)
How about the chinese cook's kid? They may well get a hug and have some peanut oil on them somewhere.
You know, we're supposed to minimize our intake of junk foods so we don't keel over and die from heart disease or diabetes.....that doesn't seem to stop the grocery stores from putting all those yummy treats RIGHT OUT FRONT and RIGHT IN YOUR PATH ON ALMOST EVERY AISLE....
There are children who are highly allergic to synthetic clothing, others who are highly allergic to bleach. What if one of each moved into your school and demanded that your child, and everyone else's, could not wear any clothing except those made entirely of cotton, wool or leather? Nor could any clothing be washed in any way that involved bleach. Would you be the insensitive and ignorant person saying that it is imposing on your child?
Why say "no offense" then become very offensive? My son was home tutored (paid by the school district) during a sensitive period in adolesence but I didn't require everyone else to stay home and my son be the only one in a classroom. Get real.
We must ban all sugar from schools!
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