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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][youtube][/youtube][quote=Anonymous]My husband and ai both did this when our teen was little.

OP, your 13 year old son is 100% responsible for this.

He MUST be able to turn food down from other people and avoid foods without labels or he runs the risk of killing himself in high school or college.

The teen years are when kids are most likely to have anaphylactic reactions because they are on their own so much and mom is not around to check labels.

They also have a risk of impaired judgement once they get to the age when drinking occurs (late high school and college). There is also the risk of kisisng a gurl who has just eaten something he is allergic to, or drinking alcoholic drinks derived from nuts

It is past time for you and your husband to have frank conversations with your son about HIS responsibility for managing his allergy.

You son is also old enough to be trained in and carrying his own epis.  If he does not remember them, he loses privileges. It is that important. [/quote]

100% this. Your son HAS to take responsibility for his allergies, and both his parents are responsible for teaching that to him. [/quote]

PP here.

My now 16 year old ended up in the ER and epi'd around 13 when he as a joke grabbed a cookie from a friend and took 1 bite of it. He had asked the friend if it had nuts and the friend said no.

That was the beginning of him really taking responsibility of his allergies.

He is dating now and we are having those uncomfortable conversations about kissing, drink ingredients, and bsic conversations about not eating unwrapped foods at parties unless he is 100% certain of the ingredients. He will ask host to pull wrappers out of the trash to check ingredients. You kid might need a scare to get him where he needs to be on this, along with regular reminders.

Our next talks will be similar to the date rape drug talks girls get about only bottled be3es that he opens, don't get drunk enough that you can't take care of yourself, etc. Avoid gin, frangelico, ameretto.... because they qre made from nuts. Those talks will start as he begins to drive and continue through college.[/quote]

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