Posted on 04/12/2018 9:28:03 AM PDT by bgill
A mother on a New York parenting blog wrote Monday that while shopping at the retailer, she gave her four-year-old daughter a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and "a woman stopped me to lecture me about peanut allergies." The child's mother then asked other moms on UrbanBaby if it was unacceptable to eat peanut butter in public. The anti-peanut butter backlash was swift and brutal. Most responses attacked the mother for potentially endangering children with peanut allergies. Some criticized her for feeding her daughter in a shopping cart, which they considered disgusting. "That's really inconsiderate," one person wrote. "So many kids have life threatening allergies to peanut butter. Eating it in a shopping cart GUARANTEES it will be smeared on the handle, etc. It's really awful you would do this. Sorry, but imagine if it were your child with the allergy."
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The only peanut ban that I support is no more peanut farmers in the White House. We tried that and it didn’t work.
I know you don’t overtly come out and say you want more regulations, and I am fully aware of that point of view you present.
You and I view this very differently, and you seem to think that because I don’t have any family members or acquaintances who have had seizures and die because of it as I watch, that I dismiss it with prejudice. I don’t.
What I dismiss with extreme prejudice is people who denigrate others because THEY don’t take that responsibility into their own hands.
There are a lot of things that are horrible that I see that don’t drive me to cause millions of people to have to change their behavior to accommodate those few.
That is life, and it is the responsibility of those people to take care of themselves.
I regret that you find that callous. It is reality. And it is a consistent conservative concept, accepting responsibility for one’s own well being and protection.
If I had a family member with an issue like that, I would take the necessary steps to protect them, and it wouldn’t involve telling hundreds of thousands or millions of other people how to change their lives, and certainly wouldn’t involve invoking nanny-state regulations.
My response would involve anything and everything on the spectrum from preparing every single thing my child would eat to never going to public places EVER if that is what it took to make sure they survive.
Is that great? No. It sucks. But if that is what it takes to help my child survive long enough to take responsibility for their own well being, that is what I would do.
I agree. I disliked grape jelly intensely, and no other jelly tasted right, either except for apricot or peach jam. But I love PB and banana slices on wheat bread, PB on buttered white toast, PB on stoned wheat crackers or PB in the hollow of celery sticks.
Before I read the article, my impression was that the parent was being chastised for making a sandwich from ingredients in the store before they were paid for.
I would chastise them too, if that were the case...which it wasn’t.
I don’t think a kid or person should be eating in a store like that, but what are you going to do? Take bottles and binkies away from them? People should have just sucked it up and minded their own business.
I was in a store a month or so ago, and while eyeing the bundles of herbs and such in the produce section, a guy next to me about a foot or two away picked up a bundle of some herb, put it in his mouth to chew off a piece and taste it, and put it back in the bin.
I just happened to be looking as he did it and involuntarily said “What the f***????”
He pretended he didn’t hear me and turned and walked away. I was going to pull the thing out and give it to the manager, but...I couldn’t tell which one it was. I told the manager the situation and suggested he discard all the bunches on top it might have been.
A strange combination of OCD and moral narcissism.
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Golly gee. The store you shop in only has one shopping cart?
And by the way...I don’t want to have a contentious argument with you on this...so if my post sounds angry at you, it isn’t in any way. I have had a window into the ADA and how it is used, so I feel very strongly about the potential for misuse and overt abuse for good intentions.
I understand your point of view and respect it, I just feel quite differently about how to approach these things.
Hey thanks for the snark...Yes, she NEARLY died more than once, and that is not a feat. it is a fact.
But you know what I meant
Can’t breath, you die.
If a child has it, it is frightening...
Oh and thanks for sharing those kind thoughts and great ideas! I will be sure to pass them along to my brother, hat tip editor-surveyor at FR.
LOL, “Here we go...”
:)
My 70 year-old BIL has had peanut allergy his whole life.
Here is my guess: Birth control meds.
I do, too.
LOLs!!!
Thank you for your suggestions...She is now an adult and managing it fairly well—but that was not the case as a child...any my brohter did his best to research and protect her...companies are much better about providing info now, and no, neither my brother nor I are advocating more regulation or that people not eat peanut butter...
I was just rather surprised at comments that went beyond lack of understanding, lack of lack of caring...to some almost wanting to trigger allergies in those who have it...as if they deserve to suffer...basically saying “screw anyone with a life-threatening peanut allergy, don’t care if they end up in ER”
I am not advocating for more regulation, just some courtesy and consideration—which is clearly lacking.
It all boils down to this: the kids don't eat enough dirt.
I think what has some people hacked off is this is how it started with smoking. Anyone who didn't like tobacco smoke suddenly became "allergic" to it and demanded concessions. First, the smokers had to sit in a different area. Then not in the restaurant at all. Now there are even outdoor areas that you are not allowed to smoke.
I don't smoke, but I can understand the frustration of those that do.
Next thing you know they will ban peanut products in public places (it has actually started in a few locations). Next there will be restrictions on where peanut products can be sold. Finally, peanut products will be outlawed altogether.
A friend of mine has a child with a peanut allergy. She has told me that she longs for the day that all peanut products are banned so she won't have to worry about her child.
THAT is the mindset that ticks off many on this forum.
Thanks...I appreciate your comments.
I guess I sort of look at this like ramps for wheelchairs...Back years ago, very few installed them. Though I was not an advoacate for legislation, I can’t say I am unhappy they are available for those who need them.
Back when earth crust was cooling and I was in college, I did an exercise where I had to be blindfolded for a morning, in a wheelchair for afternoon, and then wore ear plugs to simulate deafness for morning...It was a real eye opener...walked a mile in someone else s shoes...Ex. I had to wheel 2 extra blocks to get a ram to cross the street...
Again, I am not advocating for more regs, I just think there is another side to it, another point of view from someone who has dealt with it.
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