Protesting Peanut Allergies

When my oldest was in elementary school there was a young man in his class who had a severe peanut allergy. Therefore peanut butter was off limits for school lunches. For a picky eater like my son removing peanut butter from the sandiwch menu was a significant limitation. However a child with a peanut allergy can suffer sickness and death from exposire to peanuts and peanut products. Suddenly giving up that sandiwch does not seem like such a sacrifice.

Last week on the news I saw a story about parents in some Florida suburb protesting about a six year child with a peanut allergy and the protections being set up for him at the school he and their children attend. Evidently this childs affliction is so severe that the children are asked to wash thier hands and face before going into the lunchroom and leaving it. I would assume this means that they have not removed peanuts and such from the lunchroom altogether but the article did not state this.

In any case this is just ludicrous. Can you imagine. A child who could become severley ill or die if exposed to a food your child might be eating and you are taking time out of your life to protest with signs and chants about the loss of your childs rights. How do you explain this to your children? How do you sleep at night?

I do not think I have seen a news story that showed the overall selfishness of people in such an illuminating way in an a long time. Disgusting