"Take Union County Public Schools, the fastest-growing school district in the Tar Heel state. Officials there recently sent letters home to parents asking that they no longer pack peanut-butter sandwiches or cookies in their kids' lunches.
If they abide by the restriction, a certificate with their child's name will be placed on display at their school "in acknowledgment of the voluntary commitment to safety your family has made."
The district's also shaming parents into washing their kids' hands in the morning before they go on the bus, lest they transfer the dangerous peanut molecule and endanger a seat mate." (Click here for the article.)
3 comments:
Hey, maybe Toronto Mayor Miller should try a similar tactic to control school shootings? He can encourage parents not to send their children to school with handguns or assult rifles and the kids will get a safety certifacate on the wall!
...Because what's a few deaths (max <1%) compared to the healthy benefits of consuming peanut butter, right? I'll mention that to my mother. My brother died in school from exposure to peanuts -he had his EpiPen and it was deployed. Furthermore, the incidence of peanut allergy is growing.
Are we living in Nazi Germany where the infirm, elderly and handicapped are executed? Because that's what exposure to an allergen can truly be to someone with allergies...death is possible, if not immediately, then over time. In America the minority (who you say are 1% but who are really more) have rights too. Yes, at least 5% and up to 10% of kids now have peanut allergy...my son is one of them. Another close friend of mine died 20 years ago despite a shot. Each exposure made the allergy worse, so while it was not deadly in the beginning, it became so at age 18. Allergies typically become worse with more exposure, but peanut, nut, and shellfish allergies are the most commonly deadly ones.
Truthfully, we have to very closely monitor what kids eat in schools. Otherwise it truly is a death sentence for those unlucky few. I am very concerned about my son's future. Your post was ignorant and incited further ignorant, harmful actions.
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