I'd ignore the ban. It's unreasonable to ban all peanut products because some kid(s) have an allergy. Sure, don't use peanuts in the school lunches, and a ban on peanut products for classroom treats is totally reasonable. However, it is not reasonable to try to dictate what kids bring for their own lunches. Also, peanuts are all over the place in the rest of the world, and the kids with serious allergies need to learn to deal with those risks, not be coddled and kept in a bubble until they - surprise! - have to deal with actual public, workplace, high school/college, etc. circumstances.
Kids with allergies have survived schools and school lunches for many decades. Nothing good comes of treating them like fragile china now.
I don't like such bans, but there is one at my church and I go along with it. So far, they schools here haven't tried it which makes me happy because it really would be hard to find another lunch that my middle child would bring to school.
Also, I don't think bans are really effective because for the severely allergic, because they are almost impossible enforce.
My kid is allergic to shrimp and possibly other shellfish. She recently discovered that picking out the shrimp was not good enough to avoid a reaction. But I don't expect everyone to cater to her needs in this area.
It's terrible to have a life threatening allergy, and I could understand making a peanut free classroom and lunch area for allergic kids, but not the entire school. I would never ask for such a ban for my own child.
A child who grows up in an environment where things that can hurt them are not allowed to exist becomes an adult who goes out into a world where there is no such protection... and for which they are wholly unprepared.
I would follow the ban if it was in place, but I personally disagree with bans in general. I understand the fact it's a matter of life and death, but I don't think restricting a large group of people is very effective. There was a case in our town where a kid got sick from playing with another child who had peanut butter for breakfast BEFORE he got to the school.
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Kids with allergies have survived schools and school lunches for many decades. Nothing good comes of treating them like fragile china now.
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Also, I don't think bans are really effective because for the severely allergic, because they are almost impossible enforce.
My kid is allergic to shrimp and possibly other shellfish. She recently discovered that picking out the shrimp was not good enough to avoid a reaction. But I don't expect everyone to cater to her needs in this area.
It's terrible to have a life threatening allergy, and I could understand making a peanut free classroom and lunch area for allergic kids, but not the entire school. I would never ask for such a ban for my own child.
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A child who grows up in an environment where things that can hurt them are not allowed to exist becomes an adult who goes out into a world where there is no such protection... and for which they are wholly unprepared.
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