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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh get over yourself. I'm so sick of you allergy mommies demanding that the world bend  over backwards for your precious.[/quote]

I agree.  We should eliminate all tree nut and peanut restrictions.  People can bring whatever they want for lunch, eat where the want.  But if your food causes someone else to have a allergic reaction that causes them to go to the hospital, they get to charge you with assault.  If someone dies because you brought an allergen in, then they get to charge you with manslaughter.    In the case of kids, we'll hold the parents of the child who brought the allergen to school responsible and charge them.[/quote]

This would be hilarious if it wasn't so ridiculously sad. You legitimately feel that eating a granola bar should be punishable by arrest? This can't be real. [/quote]

No, I wasn't serious. I was going for hyperbole.  But if an HIV-positive person can be charged with sexual assault for not revealing their HIV status or a person who distributes anthrax through the mail can be charged with attempted murder then it's not that far of a stretch that if you injure or harm someone by bringing in a potentially lethal substance (to them) that they can be charged.  The point is that these allergens are known to cause very serious medical conditions or potentially be lethal to some people.  And young students do not necessarily have the experience and knowledge to adequately protect themselves, so it is incumbent upon the school and the adult staff to provide as safe an environment for them as possible.

Once you get up to the high school and college level, the young adults should be experienced enough to know themselves and what they should to do to protect themselves from exposure to an allergen and how to respond if they have an allergic reaction.  However, a child between preschool and tween age may not have the experience or attention to protect themselves which is why such policies are put into place.

I really think that nut-free policies in lower schools are important and neither of my kids has any allergies, but I've known a number of people with severe allergies to either tree nuts or peanuts.[/quote]

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