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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
OP here.

Thank you all.

I am still very angry at my husband, despite your cooling words. I feel strongly he should take this more seriously. He never reminds my son about his allergies, probably doesn't remember where the epipen is, and would never think of taking it with him, or remind DS to carry one. It makes me furious that he takes this allergy so lightly.

However, you are right, this is the impetus for my son to take charge.

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Your son is a teenager. This is on him.[/quote]

Ridiculous.  Would you say the same thing if the dad was handing him a joint?  You'd think a father who had a functioning brain could/would refrain from handing his kid baklava.[/quote]

The 13 year old is closer to living on his own, drinking and having sex than he is to being kindergarten.  He is going to on his own driving, out with friends, and making a lot of decisions and bad choices on his own.

He absolutely must own the responsibility for his allergy.

If he doesn't figure this out in a year or two, he is going to be in big trouble.

A 13 year old with allergies should know never to eat from unlabeled samples or a buffet type food situation, even if mom or dad absentmindedly hands the food to him. He is old enough to take charge of this.  If he cannot do this with his parents, what do you think is going to happen when a pretty girl hands him a smore at the back to school bonfire (a teen boy died a few years back in this exact scenario, taking her word that the food was safe) or when a counselor tells him the brownies are safe (a teen girl died in her parent's arm after taking a bite of a contaminated treat that she thought was safe due to an adult telling her it was).

Get offended if you must, but you are wrong to lay this on dad.

A 13 year old with an anaphylactic allergy must know how to say no, even to mom or dad. His life depends on this.[/quote]

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