[33girl]

It's up to the kid with the allergy to stay away from dangerous foods, not the rest of the class to "protect" her. If she's old enough to know her school bus number, she's old enough to stay away from peanuts. What's she going to do when she grows up and wants to go to a baseball game? Make people around her get rid of peanuts or call the ballpark to tell them not to sell them?

To reiterate, I'd like to know how much of a deal was made out of this - if the teacher went on and on about how they HAVE to be considerate, if the parents are hovering over her every minute, if the kids are no longer allowed to carry peanut butter just because of this girl, then I'm not surprised she was harassed. Don't set your child up to be the victim.

I'm not doubting food allergies (two of my coworkers have severe ones) but when something doubles by 50% in a year, I'm calling Munchausen by proxy in at least SOME of the cases.