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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, and I have not read much of the thread. But as the parent of a kid in kindergarten, this is something I've thought a lot about.

I understand OP's request and why she would make it. If my child had a serious allergy, I'd of course worry about this too, and do whatever I could to protect my kid. That's what good parents do. I get it, I really do.

But here is the problem. I have a kid with ARFID who relies on nut butters and nuts to get enough protein. I expend a ton of energy worrying about my kid's diet. And what you are asking me to do is worry that some of the very few foods my kids will eat might leave a residue on her fingers that could be transferred to a piece of playground equipment and then harm your child.

I'm sorry, that's too much. It's too much! I have to worry about my own kid. Is the risk from a peanut residue actually that dangerous to your kid? If so, I think that like me, you need to take the responsibility for your child's unique situation on yourself -- wipe down equipment if you are concerned, have your kid wear gloves, even be ready to let other families at the playground know the situation so that they can make reasonable choices in the moment.

But to ask me to simply refrain from allowing my kid to eat one of a very small number of foods she will eat at the playground, especially when these foods are already not allowed at her school, is too much. I can't. I'd like to help you, but I can't. Just like you can't help me.

Good luck to you.[/quote]

NP. Of course you child should eat what she needs to eat.

And then, if you're on or going to a playground, you can wash or wipe down her hands.

There! Your child gets the nutrition she needs and does not spread substances that potentially can make someone else's child ill. But [b]nowhere in your otherwise supposedly reasonable post did you ever mention YOUR "taking the responsibility for your child's unique situation on YOURself" by wiping her hands[/b].

You do realize, PP, it is easier for a parent to wipe or wash ONE child's two little hands than for the OP to have to go all over a playground wiping down every rung on every ladder, every slide, every pole--? Oh, you cannot take a few moments to wipe your child's hands but OP should "wipe down equipment if you are concerned," as if that is an effort equivalent to your just wiping your kid's hands. I'm betting you'll come back to huff and puff and say of course you wash or wipe your kid's hands. Eh, if you do, why bother to post at length about how this is really all on OP, then?

There have been nasty knee-jerk name-calling posts on here by trollish little creeps. Yet somehow your rational, reasonable, "I've got a kid with seriousl issues too, it's so hard!"  post is even worse to me. You do not possess the empathy you might think you do, PP.  [/quote]

Have you ever been in public around small kids? If you have, you know everyone isn't going to wipe or wash little hands at a playground that may not even have running water. If this is what you're pinning your hopes on to keep your child safe, you're incredibly foolish. Have you no common sense? [/quote]

+1  I wipe my kid’s hands and don’t bring snacks to the playground (and generally avoid peanuts when we do because our family *doesn’t* have any dietary challenges so it’s easy for us) but if you think the exhausted parent effort to wipe down a squirmy toddler’s hands and mouth when they don’t want you to is going to comprehensively remove at traces of peanut oils, I have a bridge to sell you!  I have a VERY allergic to peanuts friend so I have sympathy for OP but I also have sympathy for parents who are trying their best for their kids’ specific needs and don’t want to be yelled at by OP over the internet.[/quote]

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