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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I think yours is a valid concern.

But it is difficult for people whose kids do not have food allergies to understand just how severe things can get. So do not be to hard on her. She does not know any better.

My daughter has dairy allergies. A kid had eaten some cheese at the playground one day and used the slide without cleaning up. When my daughter used the slide, her hands and entire back was red and full of hives(she had a shirt on).  We teach her to be very observant. That's the best we can do.  Other parents just don't get it.[/quote]

[b]Other people can't just get it because there are too many allergens. [/b] I have a friend severely allergic to chocolate.  Other people are allergic to peanuts and others to dairy.  It's not realistic to count on other people's children to avoid all those different foods and to be perfectly clean when they use the slides.

It's not even realistic to count on other adults to avoid those foods.

If you use a public bus or airplane, same thing - the person who sat in the seat before you did very well might have had cheese crackers in their backpack.[/quote]

Nuts, peanuts, soy, rice, wheat, oats, dairy products, gelatin, meat, avocados, seeds, shellfish, spices, eggs, strawberries, bananas--hell, pretty much any fresh fruit or vegetable is a potential allergen...I'm willing to bet that people who are up in arms about peanut allergies are not telling their kids they can't have any fruit or vegetables, or any bread or crackers, or any milk or cheese, at the park because some other kid might be allergic.  It's just not possible to allergy-proof the world.  You can reasonably expect that people will not knowingly serve nuts to your nut-allergic child.  You should be able to reasonably expect that parents will make sure that their kids wipe their faces and hands after eating and before returning to the playground, although that doesn't always happen.  But you cannot expect no one to ever eat a potential allergen in public.   [/quote]

X1000. Sure, some people are uncaring, but for the most part, people are happy to be accommodating of people's allergies and don't want to cause someone a major medical event, but it is impossible to restrict yourself or your children from eating all potential allergens in public. We know someone whose child died from a food allergy, I am certainly well aware of the horrible risks and stress allergies cause. But the world is not allergy free, and not only can you not expect it to be, you would never want to assume it was anyway...[/quote]

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