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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I was regularly attending a park at the same time as another child,  I would not mind at all if their parent mentioned the allergy and I would be happy not to bring the snack.

In order to reduce the chance of developing an allergy,  I was advised to regularly feed my child this peanut snack.  It is not wrong of me to feed this to my child when we are out and about.  I have an interest in preventing peanut allergy in my child.  (I've actually only fed it to her once at a playground so I'm not doing it regularly - usually we don't need any snacks at the playground.)

So I don't agree that no one should have nut (legume) snacks out and about but I would be happy to accommodate any child where I was made aware of the allergy.

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Yes, it is wrong. As if you can't just feed your kid that particular snack in the comfort of your own home. Please. [/quote]

This is crazy and unreasonable!!!! It is absolutely not wrong to feed a kid peanut snacks when out and about.  Only once have we even been around other kids and the one time we were everyone understood the importance of feeding my kid these snacks to avoid peanut allergy. [/quote]

To add I have to keep a gluten free diet (among other dietary restictions) and many gluten free foods contain nuts. My gluten free bakery uses almond flour. Most gluten free snack bars contain nuts. It would be a significant hardship for me not to eat nuts when out and about.  Studies have shown that nutfree schools do not reduce the frequency of use of epinephrine in schools (but nut free tables do though). If making schools nut free doesn’t reduce reactions how much less so does trying to make the whole outside world nut free. It’s crazy to think that people should forgo nuts when hiking or camping. No nut snacks while driving. No nut snacks in the parking lot before going home.   We spend the majority of our waking hours outside the home and most meals during the week. Very little eating is actually done at home.

I will accommodate someone with a nut allergy happily. But you will never convince me that I’m wrong  to eat a dietary staple when my options are so limited in what I can eat outside the home

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