That's the fist time I hear that they do that on planes. And I ma a bit surprised.
My take is that you really can't trust 5-year old kids to know what will harm them. They can switch snacks, have bits an pieces everywhere while eating, stuff like that.
But adults know better. There has to be a better way ot handling allergies than to demand that everyone in a 2-mile radius should restrain from eating peanuts... but as you said, not in that situation, I don't know where I stand... inconvenience vs. death... Either way, dying from diabetes or peanut allergy is never fun :)
Food: There are processing plants that are certified peanut-free, and those are the ones that can use the peanut-free sign. And we deal with the "may have come in contact with peanut or nuts during processing"-type messages too.
I've been having issues with this for a long time. In my case, there has *NEVER* been a single kid in my son's class with such an allergy and still, that rule applies *just in case* there would be an allergic kid somewhere in the school.
I mean for crying out loud, I can understand that such allegies can be fatal and I'd be the first mom to support the cause if there was a known kid afflicted with this in my son's class but to stll hold this policy year after year just in case and deprive all the kids of the yummy healthy chewy bars or nature valley bars, peanut butter cookies or even muffins? I think it sucks.
But in your case, yeah there's no arguing. The life of one kid should prevale on the personal tastes of another's parents.
But seriously, Damn do I ever miss those days back when this such of things was the only thing to argue about. It gets worse and more complicated every year. Buckle-up dude, you're in for quite a joy ride! Lol! ;D
Comments 4
Reply
My take is that you really can't trust 5-year old kids to know what will harm them. They can switch snacks, have bits an pieces everywhere while eating, stuff like that.
But adults know better. There has to be a better way ot handling allergies than to demand that everyone in a 2-mile radius should restrain from eating peanuts... but as you said, not in that situation, I don't know where I stand... inconvenience vs. death... Either way, dying from diabetes or peanut allergy is never fun :)
Food: There are processing plants that are certified peanut-free, and those are the ones that can use the peanut-free sign. And we deal with the "may have come in contact with peanut or nuts during processing"-type messages too.
Have the best day ever! Weather is amazing!
Hugo
Reply
Reply
I've been having issues with this for a long time. In my case, there has *NEVER* been a single kid in my son's class with such an allergy and still, that rule applies *just in case* there would be an allergic kid somewhere in the school.
I mean for crying out loud, I can understand that such allegies can be fatal and I'd be the first mom to support the cause if there was a known kid afflicted with this in my son's class but to stll hold this policy year after year just in case and deprive all the kids of the yummy healthy chewy bars or nature valley bars, peanut butter cookies or even muffins? I think it sucks.
But in your case, yeah there's no arguing. The life of one kid should prevale on the personal tastes of another's parents.
But seriously, Damn do I ever miss those days back when this such of things was the only thing to argue about. It gets worse and more complicated every year. Buckle-up dude, you're in for quite a joy ride! Lol! ;D
Reply
Leave a comment