Yup the peanut allergy issue. If a child has a serious life threatening allergy or condition of any sort, how far can we expect the public school system to accommodate? My daughter could not have peanut butter sandwiches in elementary school, which was not a big problem. However, sometimes I would forget and put nuts in the banana bread or in a muffin. My daughter said that she hid under the slide on the playground once to eat the banana bread I put in her lunch forgetting about the nut issue. The thought of it made me laugh but I promised her I would try to remember to leave the nuts out of the banana bread, even though it disappointed other members of my family.
I have often wondered why only nuts seem to be banned. Are other allergies less serious? People can be allergic to so many things, like eggs, milk, gluten, and MSG. What if there were two different kids with different allergies? Would all parents in the classroom be expected to provide gluten free and nut free food for their children? That would really make planning lunches complicated.
What if you had three different kids and each was in a classroom with different forbidden substances? One child had a no nuts rule, another no MSG and the third, no milk products. Geezz the parent would have a real chore planning to accommodate all of those and make sure their own child had a healthy lunch.
The problem is people are not perfect and we sometimes forget to check the package of granola bars to see if there are nuts or other substances. If we make a mistake who is responsible? The parent who chose to send their child to public school? The school for not checking the lunches? The parent of the child who forgot or didn’t notice that there was nuts in the food?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/peanut-allergy-stirs-controversy-florida-school-20110322-143328-250.html
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