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[quote=Anonymous]Really, by that age the kid should be able to avoid eating food that other people provide.  They should also be able to read labels.

If your child cannot handle that as a teen, then perhaps you should consider homeschooling.

If your child is having problems following basic allergy safety, have you considered sharing with him the tragic story of the young teen who passed this past summer at camp after eating rice crispy treats tainted with peanuts?

I shared that story with my older pre-teen as an example of why he cannot trust even "safe" foods provided by someone else.  I know at that age, they sometimes want to fit in more than they want to be safe.  I think it helped to bring the point home.

Your child must learn to manage his own allergy.  As a teen, he is going to have so many opportunities to be on his own, around food that you have not provided.

Expecting nut free tables...which he will likely avoid like the plague as a middle schooler...is not a way to make him safe.  It is only going to lull you into a false sense of security.[/quote]

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