Comments on: In *Your* Honest Opinion… http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/ Purple Should Be A Flavor, Dammit! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jule D http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-178619 Jule D Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-178619 I had this exact thing happen to me. My son brought peanut butter sandwiches for school. The little girl next to him was "allergic" to peanuts. Now BEFORE you bombard me with negative comments for using quotes, I would like to let you know the mother of this child caused MANY problems for the school system. The mother even told me that nothing very severe had ever happened, but the young girl "coughed alot" after eating peanuts. The school made may son sit at the other end of the table and wash his hands very thoroughly. The funny part...another parent informed me that the kid right behind her at the next table ate peanut butter everyday. This kid would have been about about a foot behind her. The problem isn't the real and very serious allergy, it's the parents that believe the world should be ideal for their children and their children only. I had this exact thing happen to me. My son brought peanut butter sandwiches for school. The little girl next to him was “allergic” to peanuts. Now BEFORE you bombard me with negative comments for using quotes, I would like to let you know the mother of this child caused MANY problems for the school system. The mother even told me that nothing very severe had ever happened, but the young girl “coughed alot” after eating peanuts. The school made may son sit at the other end of the table and wash his hands very thoroughly. The funny part…another parent informed me that the kid right behind her at the next table ate peanut butter everyday. This kid would have been about about a foot behind her. The problem isn’t the real and very serious allergy, it’s the parents that believe the world should be ideal for their children and their children only.

]]> By: Jesus Ross http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-114022 Jesus Ross Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:20:52 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-114022 well we do have some lactose intolerance in our family and we just cut out on dairy products. ;:, well we do have some lactose intolerance in our family and we just cut out on dairy products. ;:,

]]> By: mandy http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10756 mandy Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:56:06 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10756 I really agree with exploring the option of public schools after being treated poorly. I would also say, let the private one know why they lost you. I hope he has a great year! I really agree with exploring the option of public schools after being treated poorly. I would also say, let the private one know why they lost you. I hope he has a great year!

]]> By: The Stagnant Artist http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10512 The Stagnant Artist Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:20 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10512 Wow, you have a lot of comments. Well my husband is a teacher at a private school where they make a meal for everyone (pre K to 9th grade which is about 200 kids totaly). My husband who is somewhat veggie, he eats fish, has a hard time on the meat days. And they will have meat soup with meat meal. So they have a salad bar which has bread with fixings for PB & J and tuna fish. Granted, he tends to eat at this a lot, and last year they got rid of the peanut butter, which now limited him to just tuna fish or salad. Just because of one kid. Now granted, he was pissed. He already can't eat the regular meal being made, and now has no options. I think if it is ONE kid that has the issue, make sure he is eating one special meal or have the mom pack him a lunch. Trust me, these kids are not poor by any means, so the nanny could easily send him off with food. So from a teachers point of view, yes that was a year of hell for him and a bit much. Wow, you have a lot of comments. Well my husband is a teacher at a private school where they make a meal for everyone (pre K to 9th grade which is about 200 kids totaly). My husband who is somewhat veggie, he eats fish, has a hard time on the meat days. And they will have meat soup with meat meal. So they have a salad bar which has bread with fixings for PB & J and tuna fish. Granted, he tends to eat at this a lot, and last year they got rid of the peanut butter, which now limited him to just tuna fish or salad. Just because of one kid. Now granted, he was pissed. He already can’t eat the regular meal being made, and now has no options.

I think if it is ONE kid that has the issue, make sure he is eating one special meal or have the mom pack him a lunch. Trust me, these kids are not poor by any means, so the nanny could easily send him off with food.

So from a teachers point of view, yes that was a year of hell for him and a bit much.

]]> By: Handy_Andy http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10494 Handy_Andy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:34:08 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10494 oh, and if the child with allergies were YOUR kid, your tune would be very different I suspect. oh, and if the child with allergies were YOUR kid, your tune would be very different I suspect.

]]> By: Handy_Andy http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10493 Handy_Andy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:32:37 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10493 I would not send my kid to school with pb or nutty junk food. PB isn't oxygen for god's sake. Kids will eat other things and I think people should be more creative. I'ts just one meal without peanut butter. Get a grip and be reasonable. Someone could die. I would not send my kid to school with pb or nutty junk food. PB isn’t oxygen for god’s sake. Kids will eat other things and I think people should be more creative.

I’ts just one meal without peanut butter. Get a grip and be reasonable. Someone could die.

]]> By: Heather http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10420 Heather Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:14:39 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10420 Wow... what a response. They have banned peanut butter at my son's daycare and I think at the elementary school he will be going to. I know that it sucks to not be able to send it and I would completely be frustrated but peanut alergies are VERY serious and kids can die from them so I understand the need to ban them. Now chocolate... that is an entirely different story!! :-) Wow… what a response. They have banned peanut butter at my son’s daycare and I think at the elementary school he will be going to.

I know that it sucks to not be able to send it and I would completely be frustrated but peanut alergies are VERY serious and kids can die from them so I understand the need to ban them.

Now chocolate… that is an entirely different story!! :-)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10371 Lauren Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:59:57 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10371 I'd mainly be frustrated with the lack of communication from the school, and would try to get them to create & send a list of okay vs. evil-horrible foods to all the parents. It sounds like you're dealing with a few different issues: 1) a schoolmate with allergies, 2) the school's preference for snacks/drinks that are less likely to stain if spilled/smeared, and 3) maybe a hope to keep sugar-rushes to a minimum? Issues 2 & 3 are pains, but hey private school. Issue 1 is something that, as other people said above, sucks more for the kid with the allergies than for anyone else. Making sure that no one dies would be my top priority. If I couldn't send something else for my kid to eat, I'd talk to the school about making some kind of compromise -- nut-free zone, nut-OK zone, lots of sanitizer, I dunno, whatever cicumstances allowed. And either way, I'd talk to my kid about why the situation is so serious and why caution and compromise are necessary. And hey, to all the posters who think just sending peanut butter sandwiches anyway would be a lark, take a couple minutes and educate yourselves. Bonus points for imagining that it was your kid who might die and having a little bit of sympathy. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/peanut-allergy/DS00710 I’d mainly be frustrated with the lack of communication from the school, and would try to get them to create & send a list of okay vs. evil-horrible foods to all the parents.

It sounds like you’re dealing with a few different issues: 1) a schoolmate with allergies, 2) the school’s preference for snacks/drinks that are less likely to stain if spilled/smeared, and 3) maybe a hope to keep sugar-rushes to a minimum? Issues 2 & 3 are pains, but hey private school. Issue 1 is something that, as other people said above, sucks more for the kid with the allergies than for anyone else. Making sure that no one dies would be my top priority.

If I couldn’t send something else for my kid to eat, I’d talk to the school about making some kind of compromise — nut-free zone, nut-OK zone, lots of sanitizer, I dunno, whatever cicumstances allowed. And either way, I’d talk to my kid about why the situation is so serious and why caution and compromise are necessary.

And hey, to all the posters who think just sending peanut butter sandwiches anyway would be a lark, take a couple minutes and educate yourselves. Bonus points for imagining that it was your kid who might die and having a little bit of sympathy. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/peanut-allergy/DS00710

]]> By: Don Mills Diva http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10370 Don Mills Diva Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:59:52 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10370 Sorry I'm late to this party...I would be seriously annoyed initially but I ultimately if it were my kid and it were life and death I would think it was perfectly reasonable so I can't blame the parents of the allergic kid to keep nuts as far away as possible... Sorry I’m late to this party…I would be seriously annoyed initially but I ultimately if it were my kid and it were life and death I would think it was perfectly reasonable so I can’t blame the parents of the allergic kid to keep nuts as far away as possible…

]]> By: bee http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/in-your-honest-opinion/#comment-10338 bee Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:35 +0000 http://www.mommywantsvodka.com/?p=507#comment-10338 I'm not a fan of all the food rules. I mean, I understand if someone in the class has a nut allergy and all that. But the no chips and chocolate thing... I just don't like it. Just my humble opinion. I’m not a fan of all the food rules. I mean, I understand if someone in the class has a nut allergy and all that. But the no chips and chocolate thing… I just don’t like it.

Just my humble opinion.

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