re: Is PB&J not allowed in school anymore?

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While the two things you’re contrasting (prohibiting PB&J and allowing mentally ill people to pretend to be the opposite sex) are obviously different, the decision making at a high level is happening for the same reason; the school doesn’t want a fight.

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I’m not trying to argue with this, I’m truly curious about the progression of a child that does have such a serious allergy.

When they enter the work place one day, unless they work remotely, will everyone at that work place have to eliminate all peanut products there as a term of their employment?

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What’s changed??

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Several theories exist as to why there could be a spike in food allergies. The main theory to explain a rise in allergic disease, including food allergy, is the "hygiene hypothesis" that generally suggests that "clean living" with less farm living and the use of medications to prevent and quickly treat infections leaves our immune system in a state that is more prone to attack harmless proteins like those in foods, pollens, and animal dander. Other theories include the timing of introduction of the food and how the food is prepared.

The authors caution that the study has limitations inherent to telephone surveys, which may over-represent households of high socioeconomic status because homes without telephones are excluded. There are also limitations in the self-reported nature of the survey, and identifying “true” allergy. However, the rate of childhood peanut allergy estimated in the current study is similar to results from studies using different methods in Canada, Australia and the UK.

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But do you really trust the modern teacher or $10/hr lunch lady to manage a severe allergy of a small child?

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nope. My friend has a child with special needs so my friend sends lunch with her child. The teacher was also giving the child the school lunch.

I say teacher, but it’s just a person that gets paid to stay in the classroom.

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When they enter the work place one day, unless they work remotely, will everyone at that work place have to eliminate all peanut products there as a term of their employment?

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Well, there’s a difference between kids and adults

Yes, in elementary schools you have to keep kids from making poor (and in this case possibly fatal) choices. You don’t have these restrictions in HS or even much in middle because older humans generally make better decisions.

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What’s changed??

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among other factors, far far less exposure to peanuts as a child, especially during the pregnancy and infancy. Out of fear of the allergy, most aren't introduced to peanut products until way too late.

Objectively it’s proving to be the proliferation of antibiotics being given to very young children and toddlers.

This is where the factual research is leading. Essentially all the bacteria in the gut which helps train children’s immune systems are being destroyed leading to these issues.

We have a 3 year old with severe food allergies to diary, peanuts, tree nuts. He was loaded up on antibiotics his first year of life. We didn’t know any better and our pediatrician never said a word.


It’s not an issue of being “soft libtard” if you believe so please do not reproduce.

My son will die if he consumes diary. We have to carry an epi pen everywhere we go.


It’s mind boggling the complaints on this thread. “Omg my kid can’t have a single option for lunch, it’s the fricking commies fault.”


We literally do not go out to eat as a family. Why? Because it can lead to death. The average minimum wage moron at a restaurant can’t even read a food label. No way in hell can they figure out cross contamination.


We don’t expect the world to cater to him forever. But he’s still too young to communicate things properly. So we have to be extra careful.

If all the people in this thread dunking on allergy parents knew how many dozens of daily things they do without a second thought that could literally kill their child they would reconsider their snowflake crying.


Kids church snacks? Gold fish? Better hope the messy arse 3 year old next to my kid doesn’t get it all over the place.

Birthdays? Cake has to made from scratch at home

Road trip?

Can’t swing through a drive thru. Ice chest and home made food.


Playing at the park? Kids with full sippy cups of milk slinging it around.


Want our other son to play little league baseball?

Peanuts all over the park.

Reading the food label of literally everything you give your child so they don’t die? Companies using shared equipment with diary products and not being required to label it?

Some of these seem minor if you don’t live the life. But when the margin of error equals death for your own child you get a bit obsessed with it.


Trust me. Society is not catering to allergy parents. If it did my life would be so much less stressful.


Imagine the inconvenience you feel when you can’t pack a PB&J about 12 times per day all day everyday. If I could just give my kids a PBJ and a glass of milk at lunch my life would be fantastic.


If you think this is a liberal political issue you have reasoning ability of emotional voter from Portland Oregon named Sparkle.

See my post above. It’s antibiotics and their overuse.

No, it's the gross overreaction.

Some kid having a PB&J isn't gonna kill anyone.

And I'm sure the school has epi-pens on hand anyway

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The teacher told me he couldn’t take his lunch since it had peanut butter. This was in case any kids have peanut allergies.

Is this the way it is everywhere now?

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Do summer camp teachers check every kid's lunchbox, everyday?