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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just think this is a slippery slope...people with allergies need to be vigilant about their own children, and cannot expect society to do that for them.  I have a child with severe asthma - merely sitting near someone who has a cat at home can trigger an asthma attack.  I mean 911 call, shot of epinephrine type of response.  Should we tell people they can't have cats at home because there are a lot of children with this level of allergy?  Ultimately, I have to send the medications, and teach my child to be aware of the "cat people" and understand that there will be 911 calls in our future.[/quote]

Actually, when you send your minor child off to compulsory education, as state law requires, then as a parent you can in fact "expect society" -- in the form of a teacher or lunch aide or any adult put in charge -- to "do that for" you.   Because as you well know, the school is not going to allow a parent to attend school with the child every day.

So I expect my son's school[i] not to actively serve him[/i] peanut food.   Because it matters, he is a young child.   The calculations may be different in a HS, possibly also a MS.[/quote]

Should the PP's public school have to ban attendees' families from owning cats to accommodate her kid?  Do you realize how you sound?  Where does it end?  My personal asthma is triggered by perfumes and cigarette smoke.  I haven't asked my workplace to ban employees from smoking or wearing perfumes, lotions, smelly deodorants, etc.  And I have somehow survived.[/quote]

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