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

You did, before you edited your post

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I think the difference is children are naive idiots and adults who have severe allergies know what to do to protect themselves

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this is too complicated for some to understand

and let me go ahead and get it out the way....we wonder why so many kids are fat asses now a days. Got a bunch of parents whining about not being able to send their kid to school with PB&J on white bread. Essentially a processed sugar- loaded calorie bomb with no real nutrition in it to begin with. and we wonder why kids have behavior issues and are fat

of course judging by the BMI and exercise threads on the OT...not surprised fat lazy parents are whining they are inconvenienced for not being able to give their kids dog shite food. might as well send a coke and twinkie for lunch.

Maybe that kid should be home schooled.

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It really comes down to an issue of perceived accountability. If I am the only person within a group of 100 people who has a specific risk/disability is it MY responsibility to adjust my behaviors to ensure I can co-exist with the other 99? Or is it the other 99's responsibility to change their behaviors so they can co-exist with me? For me, it's my burden. I can not like that I have that burden. But I would be ashamed to demand the majority adjust to suit me.

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Tell that to a toddler or small child and see how that works out

Parents can't be there at daycare/school all day to make sure their kid is "accountable." My kids don't have allergies that I'm aware of, but some of y'all act as if a child's mind operates like an adult mind and they should be held to the same standards

For young kids, they put their nasty hands on everything. They put any and everything in their mouths. They only wash their hands when they're told to and need help doing it. They have no concept of hygiene or their own mortality.

Yea I think in day care when kids just grab shite and throw it in their mouths without thinking about it, then it should not be allowed. My son who has a peanut allergy, no idea how it developed. He was fed peanut butter a lot when little then one day bam out of no where to the hospital we had to go. But now that he is 5 and he knows that he has a peanut allergy and he also knows to never touch it I personally would not have a problem with other kids having it.

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Many schools just do an allergy table for kids with allergies

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How it has always been done for anything i've worked with that had this issue come up, or something similar.

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I'm curious what your thoughts are on schools who do not allow kids with lunches from home to bring sodas, candy, energy drinks, etc.?

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Generally against it, but I also understand the reasoning behind it, the sugar contents and classroom disruptions/energy outbursts and such. Just like I understand the reasoning behind the decision they made to ban all peanut items, I just disagree with that being the right method to address the issue.

I would say those are more specialty items than what one would consider a basic "standard" food option. I do find those rules somewhat silly as so many of the "alternative" options have just as much sugar content and sometimes more.

Banning all students from bringing any items to school that have any peanuts or containing peanut oil is too far IMO, when there are ways to address this issue without forcing someone else's dietary restrictions onto others.

I remember back when I was in school they got rid of soft drinks and replaced them with Fruitopia because it was healthier

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Is this the way it is everywhere now?

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A lot of places.

The overwhelming majority must be inconvenienced for the weak.

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Most schools also have lines in their wellness policy that ban families from bringing in outside food from establishments (McDonalds, CFA, etc.) for their child's lunch. Similar to the example I used before, most parents don't push back on this or see this as an infringement of their child's rights. They understand that fast food being brought in causes a disruption moreso than your basic home packed lunch.

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A lot of these rules are done out of a notion of "fairness" since the kids that didn't bring their lunch wouldn't have an ability to have those items, which I find ludicrous as well. There is still a stark difference in saying nobody will be able to have XYZ because of whatever school policy around school disruption/sugar rush/ or whatever, and saying since John Q is allergic to XYZ, nobody will be able to have or bring anything to school that contains any traces of XYZ, even though normally they would be able to.

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don't know, though. I don't consider schools (even public schools) to be "the government" in the way some are referencing here. Schools have rules that infringe on students more than regular everyday laws because they are children.. in a learning environment.. who need these rules to succeed.

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I'm not making any governmental or political argument around this. All I'm saying is it is an absurd position to take IMO that the best and most reasonable course of action to take is to make all other families have to adhere to another kid's allergy dependent diet when there is a chance they will be interacting with said kid, when there are plenty of other options to accommodate that issue, that don't involve restriction what another parent can and can't make for their child for lunch.