We don't suffer from nut allergies at our house; however I do suffer from other severe allergies. I've experienced anaphylaxis several times in my life. It sucks.
There's nothing more irritating to me than when people believe that I am overreacting or that it's all in my head. I feel for these kids and these parents. I would never want to do anything to make a child sick. I happily comply with th peanut-free guidelines at my daughter's school. It's not as if keeping peanut products only for at home is a huge and unbearable inconvenience.
I hear parents complain about how how it wasn't a problem when we were kids. So what? It is a problem now for whatever reason. Think of the guilt one would feel if he/she were responsible for a child going into shock and dying because of a peanut butter sandwich.
I'm fairly certain that throughout history medical conditions have evolved that "didn't use to be a problem." Denial of the condition or disease won't make it go away.
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