alp227 (20,066 posts)
Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child
The parents of a 10-year-old boy with a very serious peanut allergy are suing Livonia Public Schools.
Kathy Williams said her son, Nick, could die if exposed to peanuts.
She told WWJ Newsradio 950′s Marie Osborne that the district has failed to protect him.
“We had asked them to go peanut and tree nut-free, and their response to us was, due to the upset in the community and the backlash from other parents, we refuse to change practices,†Williams said.
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“‘Why should we have to do this for one child?’ ‘I don’t really care if your child dies; my child’s getting the cupcake.’ ‘Why don’t you keep him at home? He doesn’t deserve to be here,’†Williams said.
full: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/24/mom-demands-school-go-peanut-free-for-allergic-child/
True that peanut allergies can be fatal. I know that one person I went to jr. high with died on vacation after graduating high school because of eating food with peanuts.
And wow, Livonia-area parents really say that kind of stuff like "I don’t really care if your child dies" or "He doesn't deserve to be here"? Seriously? Livonia is in Michigan's 11th cong. district, whose representative is a Republican and represents the 19th state house district also represented by a Republican. (Thaddeus McCotter, a Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election who resigned over the forged petitions scandal, used to represent the US House district that included Livonia.) I wouldn't be surprised that suburban right wing parents living in the suburban outskirts of a major city would show snotty elitist me-first attitudes, but those quotes...geez it sounds like Ms. Williams may be exaggerating for dramatic effect.
Safety should come first, and while I appreciate Kathy Williams's efforts in defending her kid, this is the thing I wonder about people with peanut allergies. How can they avoid contact with peanuts in the workplace or other outside places? Is there a treatment? I hope Nick Williams avoids going to Detroit Tigers games, as you know how the song goes, "Take me out to the ball game...buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks."
Would be easier if the other parents demand the whiner keep her sick son out of the school.
Problem solved.
hundreds of other kids to live their normal lives full of peanut butter sandwiches and Snickers bars.
I can't help but to wonder where all these kids deathly allergic to peanuts were when I was growing up.
I can't help but to wonder where all these kids deathly allergic to peanuts were when I was growing up.
I agree. I guess they all got a PBJ for lunch and died before starting school.
Now every school has a bunch of kids who can die from peanuts? How did this trait evolve so suddenly?
Where have all these kids been hidden for the entire history of mankind until the past twenty years or so?
Guns don't kill people.
Peanuts kill people.
Uh, why doesn't she just teach her child to not eat peanuts and products containing peanuts. Then, she could be a RESPONSIBLE parent and care enough about her child to make his lunch everyday. There are plenty of yummy options that kids love. Take her kid to the store with her and let him choose some things for himself. Sheesh!
Cindie
Uh, why doesn't she just teach her child to not eat peanuts and products containing peanuts. Then, she could be a RESPONSIBLE parent and care enough about her child to make his lunch everyday. There are plenty of yummy options that kids love. Take her kid to the store with her and let him choose some things for himself. Sheesh!
Cindie
Assaulted peanuts.
:lmao:
I kill me
I can't help but to wonder where all these kids deathly allergic to peanuts were when I was growing up.
There are antihistamine that can stop the allergic reaction.
There are. But in the pursuit of "zero tolerance" and in response to the plethora of ambulance-chasing attorneys and insurance companies who would like to not be driven into the poor house by them, schools refuse to give a kid so much as a single Tylenol. If you want your kid to have a Benedryl when s/h/it encounters something they're allergic to, you have to leave work, go get the meds for your little bunny wunny, in some districts, take the kids off campus, so as to relieve the school of any liability which might result from treating your cherub, give 'em the meds, return them to class, and then go and try to pick up your day where you left off. Having done it for my boy recently, and having the luxury of living only 3 miles from my office, it's a minimum 45 minute ordeal.
It took me about 5 seconds to learn that almond butter is safe for people with peanut allergies. DUmmy mom could make ABJ sammiches for her kid, almond butter cookies, rice krispie treats with almond butter and chocolate swirl frosting, etc. If she can't cook, she can make almond butter bananas.
Uh, why doesn't she just teach her child to not eat peanuts and products containing peanuts. Then, she could be a RESPONSIBLE parent and care enough about her child to make his lunch everyday. There are plenty of yummy options that kids love. Take her kid to the store with her and let him choose some things for himself. Sheesh!
Cindie