Please don’t let your children eat common allergens while playing on public playground equipment

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure this thread is crazy. Not going to read.

My peanut allergic child is doing Palforzia. It’s life changing. Look into it OP. It’s gone really well for us.

You can’t expect the world to adapt. Whether they should or not is beside the point. It’s not happening. Plan accordingly.

Good luck.

This is the correct way to deal with your child's allergies.

Yes I know a formerly very successful atty who has to leave her job because her children were allergic to everything, after a few bad scare with well meaning caregivers she packed it in and dedicated her life in their young years watching them like a hawk. Everyone is dealing with something and no one will ever love or care about your kids as much as you do.

If they have are so sensitive they can’t be around something without getting sick that sucks but and is a tough row to hoe but what you gonna do.

I have a kid with an anaphylactic food allergy but it’s an easier one to avoid than peanuts still he won’t order off of a menu without asking if it contains x or is cooked with x. Won’t eat food outside home without telling an adult about his allergy and asking for ingredients and how cooked, etc.

Hope for the best prepare for the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

I am a parent of a high functioning autistic son who doesn't/can't/won't eat a huge variety of foods and least of all protein, except -- drumroll -- nuts. The number one reason why I do not care about "allergy moms" and their obnoxious "allergy mom" subculture of shaming everyone is that "allergy moms" do not care about me or my son or any other child outside the "allergy mom" bubble. Their kids are fully capable of learning the behaviors necessary to keep themselves alive. Many autistic kids cannot learn to eat other foods to keep themselves alive because their brains don't work right. That's why many of them on the high-functioning end are underweight.

Also the poster on the early pages who pointed out that nut allergies is a "rich kid" disease is 100% correct. If you keep your home overly clean and sanitized when your baby is young (because you are rich and have a maid, for instance) then your child won't get enough exposure to pathogens and allergens, and then they'll be at a much much higher risk of developing allergies later. Good going allergy mom, you created the problem yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

Screaming won’t make your son DIE. Stupid false equivalence.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

Screaming won’t make your son DIE. Stupid false equivalence.

*nephew

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

I am a parent of a high functioning autistic son who doesn't/can't/won't eat a huge variety of foods and least of all protein, except -- drumroll -- nuts. The number one reason why I do not care about "allergy moms" and their obnoxious "allergy mom" subculture of shaming everyone is that "allergy moms" do not care about me or my son or any other child outside the "allergy mom" bubble. Their kids are fully capable of learning the behaviors necessary to keep themselves alive. Many autistic kids cannot learn to eat other foods to keep themselves alive because their brains don't work right. That's why many of them on the high-functioning end are underweight.

Also the poster on the early pages who pointed out that nut allergies is a "rich kid" disease is 100% correct. If you keep your home overly clean and sanitized when your baby is young (because you are rich and have a maid, for instance) then your child won't get enough exposure to pathogens and allergens, and then they'll be at a much much higher risk of developing allergies later. Good going allergy mom, you created the problem yourself.

Wherever you got your medical degree, pursue a refund.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a death sentence for my NK. There is already so much she has to miss out on in life due to a severe anaphylactic allergy to peanuts.

I’m not saying your kid can’t go to the park and eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a picnic. Wash their hands, etc. But having your kid run around on the equipment with a bag of Bamba’s leaving peanut oil residue on every surface means we can no longer play.

And I do understand we live in a “I, me and mine” society where it’s ok if not encouraged to get yours and do what you want because how your actions effect others isn’t your problem. I understand. I’m sad, that’s not how I’m raising my kids but I get that’s a key American value especially in dog eat dog D.C. but can we just try to have a little concern for others?

Good luck! People are selfish individuals, they don’t care wether your child
is allergic or not. It’s called LIFE. The good old days are over, sadly(thank your President for that.)

No, we got rid of the President who cultivated the selfish me-me-me country in 2020. Do try to keep up.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

This line is so absurd. “WAAAAH I DON’T HAVE THE BAAAAAANDWIDTH TO FEED MY KID A DIFFERENT SANDWICH AT THE PLAYGROUND OR,IF THEY’RE SO VERY SPECIAL THAT ANOTHER FOOD CAN NEVER TOUCH THEIR LIPS EXCEPT PEANUT BUTTER, TO FEED IT AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND!!!”

You sound like the ridiculous SAHM moms who whine endlessly about “mental burden” and add up the salaries of professional chefs, laundry services, chauffeurs, nurses, therapists, etc, and them scream that that’s how much they're “worth.”

And once again, autism and sensory sensitivities aren’t *fatal,* so you can stop with the false equivalences now.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

You're not even from DC or the DC area... why are you even on this message board? 🧐

NP but before I got into DCUM I used to read Berkeley Parents Network all the time. Is there a reason why I shouldn’t have?

I mean, reading is one thing, but commenting on it as if you’re a Berkeley parent and making generalizations about “parents around here” when YOU are not even from around there is bizarre

Yawn. Jeff has stated many times that all are welcome to post here and there are no geographic limitations, so this sounds like a You Problem.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. You have to learn to be ruthless. As you can see, these people don’t care about your kid. They don’t care or she lives or dies. They only care about their child and their comfort.

So what do I do? Grab the snack and throw it out. I don’t care if I make an enemy out of every parent and nanny in the park. You will have to learn to aggressively put your child first because everyone around them won’t ever.

Let them be angry. My child’s right to life is more important than your kids snack.

Wouldn't this be assault ? I would pay to see you tearing a PN&J sandwich from a child and the child screaming and the mother attacking you.

It is your responsibility to keep your child safe and if it's a food allergy, you teach them extreme safety measures. You cannot realistically expect children at a playground to not eat peanuts or derivative thereof.

You don’t “take” a snack you didn’t pay for dumbass.

No. No “tearing” involved. No, taking a snack is not “assault.” You DCUM moms are ridiculous.

Who cares? The response was to the fool saying “wouldn’t this be assault?” No. No, it would not.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the obsession with snacks at the playground; can't kids live without having snacks around 24-7? Plus, the playground years are so fleeting, not worth freaking out about the concept of eating at home for those years.

No. Their spoiled moms must carry the child’s feeding trough on them at all times or they will simply fade away to nothing.

Acting like a jackass isn’t going to win people over to your side.

I wrote that. I’m not OP and I don’t have a child with serious allergies. I’m just disgusted by all the selfish and whiny “but what about me me me” replies.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

This line is so absurd. “WAAAAH I DON’T HAVE THE BAAAAAANDWIDTH TO FEED MY KID A DIFFERENT SANDWICH AT THE PLAYGROUND OR,IF THEY’RE SO VERY SPECIAL THAT ANOTHER FOOD CAN NEVER TOUCH THEIR LIPS EXCEPT PEANUT BUTTER, TO FEED IT AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND!!!”

You sound like the ridiculous SAHM moms who whine endlessly about “mental burden” and add up the salaries of professional chefs, laundry services, chauffeurs, nurses, therapists, etc, and them scream that that’s how much they're “worth.”

And once again, autism and sensory sensitivities aren’t *fatal,* so you can stop with the false equivalences now.

Just feed your kid a nut already.

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Sounds very scary. I actually am usually careful not to bring nut products to the park and when my child eats nut butter at home I wipe hands and face well before school. Peanut allergies are more common and can be very serious.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

This line is so absurd. “WAAAAH I DON’T HAVE THE BAAAAAANDWIDTH TO FEED MY KID A DIFFERENT SANDWICH AT THE PLAYGROUND OR,IF THEY’RE SO VERY SPECIAL THAT ANOTHER FOOD CAN NEVER TOUCH THEIR LIPS EXCEPT PEANUT BUTTER, TO FEED IT AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND!!!”

You sound like the ridiculous SAHM moms who whine endlessly about “mental burden” and add up the salaries of professional chefs, laundry services, chauffeurs, nurses, therapists, etc, and them scream that that’s how much they're “worth.”

And once again, autism and sensory sensitivities aren’t *fatal,* so you can stop with the false equivalences now.

Stfu crazy

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until your child gets to elementary school, high school, college and the work world. Are you going to tell your child’s roommates they can’t eat almonds?

Actually yes. We only will be able to send her to peanut free schools. In college she will have to request a peanut free roommate unless she grows out of it. And we’re working on it.

These don’t exist. Maybe preschools.

Good luck.

Yes, they do?!

My DD's public elementary school was 100% peanut free due to kids with severe allergies. We received numerous notices prior to the start of every school year to remind us/inform new parents. They sent lists of alternative nut butters that were approved instead. There was even an open house event that had samples of different nut butters so kids could try alternatives.

My kids school is supposed to be nut free and there are kids there every day with nuts in their lunchboxes!!! My own kid will only eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich so we just tell him it’s sunflower seed butter and not to share it with other kids! The nut free allergy kids I know are smart and don’t eat anything from other kids.

I also have a kid who will only eat peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We tried various meats and other good sources of protein, but for a kid with severe feeding issues that require OT, everything else is just too damn difficult for my kid to eat in the very very short lunch period. Nut allergy parents assume every kid can just eat something else and be fine and that only their kids have special snowflake problems. I really wish I had more empathy for nut allergy parents, but I have been dealing with my kid's neurological and feeding issues for too long and I am f'ing exhausted! Nut allergy kids are not my problem. I have enough problems.

Selfish pig

This is obviously a troll post, but the idea that everyone must care about other people's children as much as they care about their own is so stupid. There is absolutely nothing selfish about a parent working themselves to exhaustion to meet their own child's needs and not having anything left over to accommodate some **hypothetical** stranger's child's needs. Do you go around whispering and never whistling because there exist children with sensory issues who react badly to certain loud noises? Do you forego deodorant and perfume because there exist children with sensitivity to fragrances? If not, you too are a selfish pig.

+1 what about my nephew who is autistic and can’t come to the playground because of the loud noise screaming kids make? Should we expect all kids at the playground to speak quietly and never scream? Why are parents so selfish and can’t teach their kids not to scream at the playground?

OP, my kids don’t eat nuts or similar products. They actually never eat at the playground unless there is a birthday party. I would be 100% happy to do whatever your child need if you ask me, but I don’t have the mental space to start considering the various needs of all the different kids/people out there when I have my own 3 kids’ needs, my job, my family to think about. Where do you people find the time to start considering all the possible people’s needs out there?

Screaming won’t make your son DIE. Stupid false equivalence.

Imagine being so flippant about a deadly allergy that you keep going to parks and playgrounds that can be potentially fatal to your kid. Why do people like to tempt fate over a chance to go down the slide? Doesn't make sense.