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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was that mom once.  It was a rough morning and I grabbed the wrong box of granola bars before I'd had my morning coffee.  I got a stern e-mail from the school and my kid had to starve (he's a picky eater and a granola bar is a significant portion of his lunch).  But the allergy kid didn't die, so that's good.  I felt legitimately bad about the whole thing.  I wasn't trying to kill anyone.[/quote]

That was me once, too.  except my kids' school isn't nut free.  They went to a camp that apparently was in a nut free school, and basically expected everyone to know.  (Most of the campers attended the school).  Guess who didn't know?  They completely flipped out on my then not quite 5 yr old DS when he was unwrapping his granola bar, and took away his whole lunch.  Not quite the correct reaction either.  While I certainly understand the need for nut free schools, I also think there is a place for some common sense.

He didn't return, and they did (very unwillingly) refund our money.[/quote]

When my DS was in preschool, it was a no-nuts schools (which I was fine with). Since he liked to eat PB&J, I put sunflower butter & jelly in his lunch every day for 5 months.  EVERY DAY I labeled it as "sunflower butter-no nuts".  Then ONE day I forgot the label and the teachers took his lunch away.  Could have called me to check.  Could have given me the benefit of the doubt that he was having the same thing he had every freaking day.  But no, better for him to go hungry (they did not give him an alternative lunch).  He was so upset by it that he wouldn't eat peanut or sunflower butter for over a year.

The next year, same school, there was a child with extreme nut/dairy/egg allergies.  To limit chances of contamination, the school required the kids to wash hands upon arrive, before and after snack, before and after lunch, plus after the playground.  After a few weeks of this my DS's hands were cracked and bleeding.  Not much sympathy from the school and they couldn't be bothered to exert themselves to make sure his hands were slathered with lotion after each hand washing.  Thankfully, they finally relaxed on the handwashing (it was a lot logistically with a classroom full of 4 year olds) and I advised DS to wash as little as possible.  I understand the need for nut-free tables/classrooms etc. but as PP said, common sense and consideration is needed on all sides.  [/quote]

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