“Approximately 125 people die in the United States each year from food allergies. The majority are over 20 years old. I can’t find the source but it seems that there have been about 13 children die from nuts in the last decade. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. WE SHOULD NOT STOP SOCIETY BECAUSE OF THE REMOTE CHANCE THAT A CHILD MAY HAVE AN ALLERGY.”
Why are you screaming at me?
I am happy to defend anything I say here, but if you are going to post to me please make it relevant either to something I have posted or to the article in question. As far as I can tell, the policy at this school was not enacted because anyone died or was in danger of dying because of food allergies. The idea that something is not a problem because it won’t result in death is absurd. Where in the world did you get that idea?
I have a child with food allergies. The reaction my child has to certain foods causes a rash, sneezing and respiratory distress. It is very unpleasant. I ask the school not to feed my child any food. This is the extent of the “burden” I place on them. Considering that I fork over about 5 grand a year in taxes into the school district, I think this is a reasonable request. Our school has no problem with this. The article does not say why the policy in South Dakota went into place but I suspect that more than one parent asked that the school not feed their kids and the district opted for the shot gun approach rather than waste time complying with multiple requests.
I am not trying to “stop society”; I just want to receive value for the part I pay out the nose for. As far as I am concerned, if the school wants to insist on feeding my kid someone else’s homemade cupcakes they can damn well refund me my $5,000 and I’ll be on my merry way. So far it has not come to that. I suspect it never will.
As far as I am concerned, if the school wants to insist on feeding my kid someone else’s homemade cupcakes they can damn well refund me my $5,000
No offense, but is the school shoving the cupcake down your child’s throat? If parents are made aware of a child’s allergy in their child’s class, don’t you think we don’t send such foods to school? My child is allergic to things and has declined those foods when offered to her. She has been doing this since preschool.