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Playground etiquette: running around with pb&j sandwich
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Anonymous
No I am someone who has to constantly make allowances for other kids allergies when literally my kids allergy food is EVERYWHERE and I just got fed up with hearing about how its protective when it is not. https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/04/07/peanut-free-school-zones-dont-work-11104#:~:text=Do%20they%20work%3F%20No.%20A%20new%20article%20published,with%20various%20peanut%20restrictions%20and%20schools%20without%20them. https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(17)30666-8/fulltext#:~:text=Why%20would%20schools%20with%20peanut-free%20policies%20have%20higher%20rates%20of https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638466/#:~:text=CLOSING%20ARGUMENTS%20%E2%80%94%20YES.%20Peanut%20exposure%20is%20unlikely%20to%20cause |
Anonymous
It is indeed a public space for EVERYONE!!!!! Not just you and your brats. I think if you really tried, you could probably think of something to feed them that wouldn't cause harm to anyone else. Probably be healthier for them too. Also, from the article YOU quoted: "Why would schools with peanut-free policies have higher rates of epinephrine administration? Understanding this will require additional studies, but some possible explanations exist. Inspection of every snack, lunch, or bag brought into the school by every student every day would be required for schools to become truly peanut free. Although letters to parents and reminders might help reduce the presence of peanut inside the school, some parents might inadvertently send these foods to school. It is also possible that less stringent avoidance strategies can be applied because of a false sense of security if a peanut-free policy is in place." |
Anonymous
I mean, I sort of get what you're saying, but is this your argument for letting your kid smear peanut butter all over playground equipment? Because then show me evidence that is not going to cause a reaction in a highly allergic kid!! JFC |
Anonymous
| I don't get why people let their kids run around a playground with food in hand. |
Anonymous
So then, we shouldn't take any precations to protect toddlers and young children at the playground? I don't understand. |
Anonymous
Because they are lazy and have no manners. |
Anonymous
My argument was clearly stated in my first comment in this thread "[p]eanut free schools don't work to prevent reactions, I don't see how peanut free parks would be any better." That is, rules against bringing peanuts into schools do not reduce the rates of allergic reactions at the schools, so rules (either official or social rules enforced by yelling at people on the internet) against bringing peanut butter sandwiches to the playground (which are even less enforceable than rules against bringing peanut butter into schools) aren't going to reduce the numbers of people having allergic reactions to peanuts at parks. My kids don't eat at the playground, so this isn't about my behavior. It's about limiting the official rules we make at school and the social rules we make everywhere to only those things which have some evidence to back them up. |
Anonymous
That's all nice and well if you could also explain WHY peanut-free schools "don't work." The fact remains that some kids are highly allergic and I know that I could be causing them serious harm by exposing them directly so I choose not to do it. |
Anonymous
-Said while your kid likely has a sippy cup full of milk or yogurt all over their hands/mouth Multiple people, myself included, have said the issue is any food. The issue is not PB, but someone always has to make it about the allergy kid. Food should be kept to food spaces, which include picnic tables. The last time this convo came up on this forum there were many posters who insisted that even having a PBJ at a picnic table was harmful. No one should be running around with ANY food at a playground but the park itself and/or picnic tables should be expected to be used. Why I continue to harp about the rabid anti-PB posters is because its a ridiculous concept to think that ONLY peanut butter should be disavowed at the local playground and you show your own bias by dictating so. |
Anonymous
There's a few possibilities, I'd guess that parents and students are less careful when an area is labelled "peanut free," but I can't prove it. If that's the case then establishing an expectation that playgrounds will be peanut free has as similar effect. It makes the playground MORE dangerous, not less. For schools, though, my question would be, why do you need that explanation? If the evidence is that having a peanut free school zone increases the rate of anaphylaxis, why would you continue doing it? If the concern is about what could be causing kids with allergies great harm why not avoid a policy where the only evidence is that it increases the risk of harm. |
Anonymous
What bias???? For wanting to keep all of the kids safe? How horrible of me, I guess. Sure, you can try to make the faux argument that all food is potentially as dangerous as peanuts. But it's just not. And yes, I do agree that truly we should minimize ALL food at the park. Larlo doesn't need to be snacking every 30 min. Maybe it's because I'm not American but this is so strange to me. And it's fairly recent too. I don't think boomers constantly fed us like this generation of parents does. And if you insist of feeding them, do it in a designated area not while running on equipment. It is beyond me why anyone would disagree. I've repeatedly stated that my child |
Anonymous
That went off the rails! |
I wasn’t going to send uncrustables to the park but maybe I will now just to watch you explode.
Anonymous
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I don’t want your kid’s nasty PBJ smear all over everything. Not allergic, that’s just gross and people suck. I went into Panera the other day and COULD NOT BELIEVE the mess some people allow their children to make under the table and then just walk away.
So trashy and low class. |
Anonymous
Chicken sh!t |
Anonymous
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So are we making playgrounds also sesame free? Shellfish free? Mustard free? Latex free? Soy free?
PB is not the only allergen that causes anaphylaxis, as many posters have tried to point out. I’m all for people worried about food and the like at playgrounds, but the peanut hysteria is bizarre. For all you know, it’s a Sunbutter sandwich. But letting your kid run around with a sandwich is a choking hazard, not to mention their gross hands from the equipment (rust, bird poop and goodness knows what else) |