Going too far? Banning peanut butter sandwiches because of ONE childs allergy...

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by JohnT
Here in America PB&J's are possibly the most common lunch food for children this age

Ah, the problem runs deeper than I first realised. What's needed is a fundamental reform of the Kid's Lunch system across the pond so it complies fully with standard UK guidelines and gets rid of all this foreign muck.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Eliminating one of the kids? You think that would work?

[Drogue]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Ah, the problem runs deeper than I first realised. What's needed is a fundamental reform of the Kid's Lunch system across the pond so it complies fully with standard UK guidelines and gets rid of all this foreign muck.

[rah]

I guess my problem is the precedence it sets.
Start listing every child's allergies and you might as well not serve any food at school because SOMEONE will be allergic to it.

It's bad enough that we're now forced to eat crappy trailmix on airplanes instead of the traditional bag of nuts.

[Drogue]

I agree with rah it is a slippery slope, but when it is that severe an allergy, I think these precautions are needed. If it was serious but not extremely severe, then have a seperate lunch area and allow peanut, if it's minor then let them look out for themselves.

[JohnT]

PEANUT BUTTER IS AWESOME, YOU GAWDLESS FURRINERS!!!!!!!



Seriously though, I love the stuff.

[Japher]

I think these precautions are needed

when it's this sever of an allergy the kid should stay home so that there is NO chance of him being hurt... Stupid parents.

Also, separate lunch areas won't matter, as kids are messy... Somehow, peanut butter always ends up on the jungle gym.

[Theben]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


Ah, the problem runs deeper than I first realised. What's needed is a fundamental reform of the Kid's Lunch system across the pond so it complies fully with standard UK guidelines and gets rid of all this foreign muck.

What, and have them eat ENGLISH quisine?

Then you'd really see children dropping dead in lunchrooms.

[JohnT]

Always cracks me up to hear English people complaining about our food. It's as ludicrous as hearing an American complain about German beer.

[chequita guevara]

Re: Going too far? Banning peanut butter sandwiches because of ONE childs allergy...

Originally posted by JohnT
(I know, think, where Che will stand on this one. )

I think I'm gonna have a PB&J when I get home tonight.


Why can't the school district hire a tuitor for this kid and teach him at home . . . or, even better, some kind of remote learning system? Course that means one of the parents has to stay home with him.

Hmmm, inconvenience vs death?

[Theben]

What if it's a rural area and there is no other school?

What if the child has only 1 parent and must work to support them- no time for home-schooling?

What if it was your kid?

[JohnT]

I remember you taking a different tack about a year of so ago in regards to peanuts on airplanes, Che.

[Japher]

What if it's a rural area and there is no other school?

He's in Walnut Creek, that ain't rural...

What if the child has only 1 parent and must work to support them- no time for home-schooling?

He's gots both his parents; besides, you make sacrifices to avoid death... At least I'd think...

What if it was your kid?

I'm not going to even teach my kid to talk...

I'd find a way.

[JohnT]

I'm not going to even teach my kid to talk...

Trust me, it comes naturally.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by JohnT


I remember you taking a different tack about a year of so ago in regards to peanuts on airplanes, Che.

That's different. Peanut dust gets into the ventilation and you can die just by walking on to the plane.