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Originally Posted by GGG
Does a ban on peanuts really make a school safer or does in create a false sense of security? Does the child with the alergy believe that it is acceptable to trade food and eat food that they do not know the contents of. The child with the nut allergy needs to learn how to manage thier allergy so that they can protect themselves and not be coddled by schools afraid of litigation.
I think that a child is safer who is educated then one who is an artificial bubble which could be breached by a non-complient parent or even a non-diligent one.
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Trust me... every kid who has a dealthly peanut allergy knows it. They know not to trade lunch, they know what the can and can't eat, they know if they don't know if it's safe, it's not.
All banning nuts from school does, is prevent cross contamination and accidental ingestion while the kid gets older and understands how to live with it.
Prevents things like picking up the wrong "granola bar" of the table, or teacher handing the kid the wrong sandwich. Prevents a heap of peanutbutter on the doorknob, or a peanuty high five... It just lowers the chance of the "death part" of leaning at school..