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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

We don't keep my kid's allergens in the home so it really cuts down on risk. I tend to cook with whole foods.

What did mom have to say? Does she commonly keep and cook with DD's allergens?

You may want to post this on the Kids with Food Allergies site. [/quote]

Mom hasn’t spoken to me about it.  She told the kid the kid should have been reading labels, but the candy was removed from packaging and put into eggs with my kid’s name on them.

I had assumed that mom wasn’t bringing allergies into the home.  I no longer feel like that is a safe assumption.[/quote]

What do you mean by unsafe candy? Was it a peanut M&M and she's allergic to peanuts or is it some candy that may have been made in a facility that may have nuts?[/quote]

It was little wrapped chocolates that had filling that she is allergic to.  But the individual chocolates weren’t labeled, just the bag that had been thrown away.

But not like peanut m and ms that look different.

I spotted it because I had seen the same candies in the store and checked the ingredients because they were cute so when my youngest texted me

“look at my candy” it clicked.  [/quote]

What is this unusual candy you and your ex recently became aware of?[/quote]

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