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Forgive me for playing devils advocate, but the allergic kids would still have to worry about coming into contact with stray particles of PB from the PB eaters hands due to cross contamination.
How about having a "peanut" table, where only the children who have brought pb&j sandwiches sit? There would probably be more of them, so they wouldn't feel like outcasts, and the allergic kids eat with the kids who aren't eating peanut products that day. My daughter only eats a peanut butter about once a week, so most times she would eat with the allergic kids.
Originally posted by HIWATT
That explosive increase in allergic reactions by a specific segment of our population is extremely suspicious to me. When I was in school this was almost completely unheard of.
Originally posted by HIWATT
It was posted earlier there has been an 18% increase in allergies in the last 10 years in school age children ( !? )
link
Scientists have developed a new more accurate test for peanut allergy after finding that eight out of ten children who previously tested positive were not in fact allergic to the nut.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
If your kid knows he has to take a pill/injection at a certain time and can take that pill/injection when he's not in school why is he suddenly relegated to dullard status once inside the school and subjected to administrative supervision and oversight?
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
Wow this is certainly a change in your tune from a few pages ago.
I am glad you are coming a bit to our side of the field
No one said equality was easy, but making a few compremises here and there will ensure all of use can have a safe and enjoyable time.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
Guess i was giving you the benefit of the doubt. My apologies.
Specific tables, specific classes, whats next specific camps?
Slippery slop i know, but you seem to be hell bent on segregating the kids. You seem to have more of a concern of lunch time sandwiches then the health and well being of your fellow citizens.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
Guess i was giving you the benefit of the doubt. My apologies.
Specific tables, specific classes, whats next specific camps?
Slippery slop i know, but you seem to be hell bent on segregating the kids. You seem to have more of a concern of lunch time sandwiches then the health and well being of your fellow citizens.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
I am pleasantly surprised how long this debate has continued but i would like to boil it down to a yes or no question posed to you.
Is your child rights to have a Peanut butter sandwich at school more important then the lives and and welfare of other students who need to go to the same school?
If you answer no, then you understand where i am coming from, if you answer yes well, thats for another thread to debate...
Originally posted by kaylaluv
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
I am pleasantly surprised how long this debate has continued but i would like to boil it down to a yes or no question posed to you.
Is your child rights to have a Peanut butter sandwich at school more important then the lives and and welfare of other students who need to go to the same school?
If you answer no, then you understand where i am coming from, if you answer yes well, thats for another thread to debate...
My answer is that there is no reason you cannot have both. My child's rights to eat what she wants, separation of peanut eaters, and allergic kids having the skills and tools to deal with any accidental exposure. That's a win/win in my opinion.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
I am pleasantly surprised how long this debate has continued but i would like to boil it down to a yes or no question posed to you.
Is your child rights to have a Peanut butter sandwich at school more important then the lives and and welfare of other students who need to go to the same school?
If you answer no, then you understand where i am coming from, if you answer yes well, thats for another thread to debate...
Originally posted by MDDoxs
Originally posted by kaylaluv
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by kaylaluv
I am pleasantly surprised how long this debate has continued but i would like to boil it down to a yes or no question posed to you.
Is your child rights to have a Peanut butter sandwich at school more important then the lives and and welfare of other students who need to go to the same school?
If you answer no, then you understand where i am coming from, if you answer yes well, thats for another thread to debate...
My answer is that there is no reason you cannot have both. My child's rights to eat what she wants, separation of peanut eaters, and allergic kids having the skills and tools to deal with any accidental exposure. That's a win/win in my opinion.
That is not the question i posed, seeing as the ban is for the complete removal of the peanut product, no middle ground.
So i again pose the same question and require a yes or no.