Jill reports:
“The school sent home a letter today that we are not to send in snacks for our child that may have been made in a factory where anything including nuts is made.”
NewMexiKen understands the need to protect children from allergies, but is the nut problem that severe? I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but I don’t remember classmates dropping in the lunchroom while we all ate PB&J day-after-day when I was kid.
I asked Jill what she would do if one of her boys had an allergy. She replied:
If my child had a peanut allergy, I would teach them from the age of six months never to accept food from other people. I would ask the teacher to remind the class of this rule and to “police” snack sharing. I would request that children not be allowed to bring peanut butter or peanuts into the classroom. I would provide special snacks/treats that were safe for my child to have when the other children were having something potentially unsafe. I would provide my child with an epi-pen.
I would NOT expect 1,000 people to basically act as if all of their children had a peanut allergy.
Opinion anyone?
I’m not even sure how you could reasonably expect people to know whether their snacks had been made in a factory where nuts were present. Is there some source one could search?
I totally agree with Jill. That’s just insane. Our daughter’s school has a no snack sharing policy, and I think that’s a great idea. There is always someone watching the kids and reminding them not to share snacks.
Ridiculous.
I’m allergic to mold. From this day forward, I cannot be expected to work in a building with people who live in homes where the showers are not scrubbed down twice daily with TileX.
Jill is one smart cookie.
Thank you – as long as we’re certain the cookie was baked in a nut-free facility.