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Originally posted by viet_mom
But I don't think you could teach a 4 year old to look at something and know whether the ingredients include egg or nuts (i.e., learn to not go near nuts). But....you're right - the child probably will be exposed to nuts/eggs at some point and she just may end up like the 14 year old who died after kissing a guy who had peanut butter a few hours earlier. I guess the parents can only try their hardest to delay that moment as much as possible. I think it all comes down to: just because one child has a severe allergy to peanuts, should the rights of other kids to eat peanuts at school be taken away? But is it really so extreme to prohibit peanut butter and jelly at public school? Seems to me, kiddos get out of school pretty early and can chow down on PB&J's then (but don't ruin your dinner!).
Anyhow, thanks for the input everyone and I did not know that many schools are peanut butter free. I'm still looking for some advocacy group for child allergies on the internet. I would think that would be a great resource.
Thanks again.
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de nada mi amigo. and I apologize (though I'm hardly at fault) for the Balt and Captain trolls and their attempts to turn the discussion away from the positive- always remember they have to live the lives their posts hint at.
