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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LOL, makes you wonder how we all survived our childhoods.
LOL!! It’s Jimmah’s fault.
I started using cart wipes a couple years ago and haven’t had a cold since.
People a crazy if they don’t use them.
Goofy mothers?
Actually people including myself blame vaccines on warped immune system development in general which can lead to increase in allergies, chronic autoimmune skin disorders like eczema.
I am not against all vaccines — just for delayed administering of them and more spread apart...butba few can be foregone altogether.
Especially the latest additions Socialist-Government mandated schedule...
The schedule before the 1990s was more reasonable.
If the mom had the foresight to pack a lunch, chances are good she brought along wipes to clean any sticky spots off the cart.
I usually use the cart wipes offered by the store to quickly clean the cart handle before I use it. Who knows what was on the hands of the person who used it previously? Germs are less visible than peanut butter residue.
One of my kiddos has food allergies, though, thankfully, his response isnt anaphylactic. Managing it is a huge pain, but the onus is on me to ensure his well being when in public places.
Back when I was a kid, women went shopping with gloves on..........................
Advice from the same people who take their flea and lice transporter (dog) in to food stores.
Veganism causes a host of problems, most notably a loss of any sense of humor.
With a tremendous increase in smug.
Tell them to all go take a flying leap through a rolling donut and to mind their own damned business. Yes, I know it’s a lot to ask of liberals because they are quite sure they know better how to run your life than you do.
People can kiss my butt on this. If I want to eat peanut butter from a jar with a spoon, I am going to eat it wherever I want and I dont care if someone gets bent out of shape on it.
A little more than bent out of shape...
When my niece comes in contact with it, her airways constrict and she cannot breath. She has been to ER countless times—especially when she was young kid.
She is older now and carries EPI pens, so seems to be less of a problem.
She was not raised in a sterile environment...Not sure of the cause, but it is serious...
From your link - “the same number of people die each year from peanut allergies as from lightning strikes”
Look.
The remedy is simple.
Either register every 4 year old peanut butter eater inluding a peanut tolerence test for that registration,to see if they can handle the risk of peanut butter , or require licences for anyone who wants to buy it.
It is disgusting how people leave their trash in shopping carts. Also, I NEVER put anything in the child (diaper!) seats on shopping carts.
This is getting way out of hand. The last time I was on a plane, the flight crew announced that, not only were they not serving peanuts on the flight because a single passenger had a peanut allergy, but they weren’t serving ANY food or drinks for the entire flight. AND they strongly discouraged people from eating anything they might have brought on the plane personally. I thought if the person was that allergic, maybe they shouldn’t be flying on a commercial airline. Or maybe mommy is just overly paranoid and looking for attention.
Amen
I think I would have loudly called out in the store, “DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE A PEANUT ALLERGY?” and waited a moment for the almost inevitable non answer. I would have then told the liberal busybody to mind her own damned business.
I noticed that same phenomenon with lesbians.
Can't anybody take a joke?
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