Parents angered by son's suspension over peanut cookies ["You cannot speak to the principal,"....]

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[goldstategop]

Peanut Butter Sends Teacher To The Nutter. Film at 11.

[Xenalyte]

Y'know, I am 35 years old and attended public school all my life. I never knew one child who was allergic to peanuts. My sister is 32 and my brother is 28, and I asked them - they remember no such allergy.

If it's real, what made it happen in the '80s?

[AzSteven]

40 years old - been allergic to peanuts since I was about 10. I can, however, eat small amounts of peanut butter, but it has to be creamy and low in oil content. Prior to 10, I ate peanuts all the time. Why can't you get an allergy to stuff that you don't like? Seems unfair...

[TLI]

I have never seen or heard of anyone I know or anyone they know that had this..

[DB]

Its very real.

And very deadly.

Personally I think the teacher should have another profession instead of forcing her situation on hundreds if not thousands of others.

[vin-one]

early exposure to peanuts prior to being above 1 year old....

So I have been told.....from what I understand it is rare, but that is the reason arilines don't serve peanuts anymore.......

[katnip]

It's hard to believe they are keeping this boy out of school for well over a MONTH based on unproven accusations.

Why do they have to wait till MAY for the Superintendents hearing?

These people need a good lawyer ASAP.

[billorites]

My kids go to a private school and peanut products are verboten.

They have nut nazis who phreak out when a PBJ appears on campus.

[Cobra Scott]

Peanut allergies are very real, and can be fairly deadly. They have been known for at least 50 years. It is one of the "real" allergies worth considering safeguards for, if you are the one with the allergy. But this is plain dumb. Either charge the child with conspiracy to commit murder (and prepare to be ridiculed) or have a quick sit-down with the parents and that should be the end of it.

[humblegunner]

If it's real, what made it happen in the '80s?

Jimmy Carter??? (1977-1981)

[goldstategop]

I can just see Michael Moore's next documentary project: Peanut Butter Massacre.

[DB]

My sister's friend died from it.

The man was at a BBQ where he asked if any peanut oil was used in the BBQ sauce. The cook said no. It turned out otherwise.

[Glenn]

If it's real, what made it happen in the '80s?

It's very real. My daughter, who is 4, has been to the ER three times after being exposed to whatever it is in peanuts that causes the reaction. She's not a pretty sight when it happens.

My wife and I take it in stride. We make sure she takes the responsibility for what she puts in her mouth instead of making the world conform to her. (I don't trust the world to watch out for my kid.) It's worked well for us. She does a firm but friendly interrogation of food contents.

[billorites]

"From my cold, dead fingers..."

[Nataku X]

Peanut butter has not been a staple for *that* long. It seems to be caused by an overexposure at an early age, so if kids have been munching on PBJ since the 50s, it stands to reason that these allergies wouldn't begin popping up in large numbers until the PB-loving Baby Boomers started having children.

I've heard anecdotes of mothers ingesting ungodly huge amounts of PB while pregnant and then giving birth to peanut-butter-allergic kids. It seems to be an immune reaction. Everything in moderation...

[ladylib]

I guess they don't want this kid back in school. Maybe his parents should take him on a vacation somewhere. When they come back, they can make plans to homeschool him.

[EllaMinnow]

When Nutter Butters are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nutter Butters.

Now I'm starting to crave some...

[cinFLA]

So I have been told.....from what I understand it is rare, but that is the reason arilines don't serve peanuts anymore.......

I thought it was because they were too cheap to anymore.

[Poohbah]

It is rare, usually brought about by exposure to peanuts or peanut products as an infant, particularly if said infant was not nursed. The reaction can be fatal.

This threat should have been responded to with premeditated self-defense on the teacher's part.