My youngest son's school will not allow peanuts or peanut butter on the premisis. As a parent, I am relieved.No offense, but your sons should be the ones "quarantined".
Where does this stop? As I posted earlier, some folks are severely allergic to sunlight (or any UV radiation). Should schools shutter their windows, and ban recess?
I agree with you. Where does it stop? A lot of people, myself included, eat peanut butter because it is a nutritious, inexpensive food. I'm sure a lot of lower income people are able to pack healthy lunches for their children by using peanut butter. Any child that has such a life-threatening condition needs to be trained to stay away from peanut butter - or if that is not feasible, quarantine the child at lunchtime. Oh, but it would make the child feel segregated - you say? He has a life-threatening condition, he needs to get used to having to take extreme measures to protect himself.
I'm tired of the majority of people having to take things to the extreme because of just a few people. This is ridiculous!
I would never stand for my kids being "quarantined". There are some things that can be avoided with little or no harm to the rest of the school. Sunlight is not one of them. I agree that some kids need to be quarantined....a kid that is allergic to the sun should be homeschooled or something else. Peanut allergies are very common. I don't think it's too much to ask people not to eat peanutbutter or peanuts for a few hours at school. The allergist we see said if another person ate/touched a peanut butter sandwich or some nuts and touched a desk or whatever, it could trigger a severe reaction in some. Having peanuts on one's breath could trigger a similar reaction. No offense, but if it were up to insensitive and ignorant people like you, my kid would be "quarantined" from school. All because someone wants their kid to have a peanut butter sandwich. After what my kids have been through, I look at it as a life or death situation.