Children are put in our protective care because until they get old enough and educated enough about a lot of things, they are incapable of caring for themselves.
Surely people here are not advocating that parents abandon their responsibilities once their children reach school age? Just because a child is now 5 years old does not mean that they will be able to deal with their allergy situation in school. Little children don't understand that once can be one time too many when you have a severe allergy. You can preach the importance of avoiding certain allergins but young children simply do not have the cognitive skills to project one little exposure into a life threatening situation.
So then, what are people here advocating? Parents go to school with their children and sit in the classrooms with them and go outside for recess with them and eat lunch with them? Do people here realistically think this is feasible?
Or perhaps can they open their eyes, their brains and their hearts a little bit and accept that while it might be an inconvenience to the rest of us, young children need our protection, that is the protection of not just their parents but society as a whole, until these young children have matured enough to deal with the situation on their own. And I think most schools have accepted the fact that High School is the age where those children now should be educated enough about their allery and capable enough to handle it on their own.
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