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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a death sentence for my NK.  There is already so much she has to miss out on in life due to a severe anaphylactic allergy to peanuts.

I’m not saying your kid can’t go to the park and eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a picnic.  Wash their hands, etc.  But having your kid run around on the equipment with a bag of Bamba’s leaving peanut oil residue on every surface means we can no longer play.

And I do understand we live in a “I, me and mine” society where it’s ok if not encouraged to get yours and do what you want because how your actions effect   others isn’t your problem.  I understand.  I’m sad, that’s not how I’m raising my kids but I get that’s a key American value especially in dog eat dog D.C. but can we just try to have a little concern for others?

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You’re the one who doesn’t care that some kids are severely sensitive eaters and that peanut foods might be all they’ll eat. [/quote]

Does being a sensitive eater also prevent a kid from eating in their stroller or sitting on a park bench?[/quote]

They can sit wherever they want.

I think there is a psychosomatic element to all these “allergies.”[/quote]

If a child is capable of sitting down to eat, then why do you let them run around on the playground with food?[/quote]

What’s the difference? You’re going to see people walking down the sidewalk downtown while eating a kind bar. What are you going to do about it?[/quote]

Two entirely different things.  I can teach my kid to walk down the sidewalk without touching you, or picking up things you drop, or touching surfaces.  And many parents of kids with allergies do teach their kid to do this.

I can also wipe down a park bench before my kid sits there, or have my kid sit in their stroller instead of on the bench.

But I can't wipe down an entire playground or teach my kid to climb the ladder on the playground, or go down the fireman's pole, or slide on the slide without touching those surfaces.  Because I am not a magician.  So, keeping peanut residue (or whatever, my kid with anaphylaxis has a different allergy) off those surfaces that are designed to be touched by multiple children makes sense.

And yes, there are treatments now, but they aren't for every kid, and even when they are available to a kid they take years, during which the kid is still vulnerable.  [/quote]

I get what you’re asking. But you won’t get it.  Severe allergies like this aren’t common enough for people to change their behavior.  So you have to act like every surface has peanut residue on it, because it might.  That’s your burden.  It’s unfair, but that’s reality.   Posting on DCUM won’t change that you can’t know what is on the ladder.  Your anxiety needs a different outlet (or better yet, acceptance).[/quote]

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