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Originally Posted by J pold
I voiced my opinion on this topic in a thread a couple of months ago but here it goes again.
I have very rare fairly serious allergy. It has put me in a life threatening state before and I have been treated for it in emergency rooms before. I'm exposed to it almost everyday not matter what I do. However managing my condition is my responsibility not anyone else. I could put a lot of people in my life at a large inconvenience to try accommodate my needs but I refuse to do that. I take the necessary precautions to do whatever I have to too prevent myself from having a serious reaction. I don't expect others do too that. Because of this I have little to sympathy for parents with kids that have a peanut allergy. It's there responsibility to take care of there children.
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In order to afford kids, a house and two cars (fairly standard family situation), both parents usually have to work. This leaves the parents in the situation of trying to figure out the best care for their kids while they are out side their own care. Past the age of 5-6, this is usually the school system.
The school system is already over-strained trying to do it's primary function of educating the kids, let alone look after every child's unique needs.
How are the parents of a child with a severe allergy supposed to deal with this situation? Should they just accept that the local school bully will simply try to smear peanut butter all over their kids face and hopefully they won't die as a result? Keep in mind, a child in elementary cannot be counted on to take care of them selves.
An all out ban is pretty much the only thing that can be enforced right now. Yeah, it sucks to inconvenience other people, but what else are these parents supposed to do?