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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a tween, so old enough that she wouldn’t usually eat unlabeled candy, but could easily assume that candy her own mother hid specifically for her would be safe.  Luckily she didn’t, but not sure how to proceed.[/quote]

Suggest mom be more careful.  Do you have reason to think she would intentionally harm your child?

How would you want her to react if roles were reversed?[/quote]

Intentionally?  No. But she can definitely be negligent.

I am not sure how this impacts the precautions I expect my kid to take.  She is really good about carrying safe snacks, waiting to eat at home if she can’t read labels and be sure it’s safe etc . . . but those strategies assume that food from home is safe.  [/quote]

Well, now that messaging can be tweaked a bit. Glad she is ok.

My kid had anaphylaxis once when she was too young to read, was pretty traumatic for both of us. Restaurant error though, not from a parent. Teach kiddo to ALWAYS check. [/quote]

But what does that look like at home with the parent.  I can’t imagine coming home from the grocery store and expecting a child to check the ingredients, or to ask in detail how you prepared dinner.

How would that play out in your house?[/quote]

It may not be practical for your ex to permanently remove the allergen from her home. And you haven’t said what the allergy is, so I don’t know how worried I would be that mom is cooking with, say, peanuts every day.

As for candy, I would ask her to leave all candy in the wrappers in the future so your child can check ingredients to ensure safety before eating anything (fun size candies all have wrappers, hershey kisses have individual wrappers and the little stem often says the flavor, etc). Teach your child not to eat candy that isn’t wrapped and easily identifiable. [/quote]

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