Does your child have an allergy to peanuts? What does their school do about it?

Question

How does this affect the family at home, what precautions do you take? Have you heard of Sabrina's Law? What do you think of it?

First of all OU812, my children are not allergic!!! Secondly, I don't see why you are so rude! It's not their fault they can't be near it. To say that their parents should confine them to their home is not fair. My daughter attends school in Ontario Canada and they have rules here abouting bringing peanut products to schhol and I just wanted to know about other areas. So you get a clue!! Although sometimes it might be more convient for me to put a peanut butter sandwich together or give my daughter a granola bar, it isn't worth a child dying over.

Oops, afew spelling errors, I apologize, I got worked up there for a sec.

Answer 1

I am in the U.S. and I have heard of Sabrina's Law. I wish that they would also have that law here in the states. The school doesn't really care about my son's allergies. I keep an epipen at school along with some benadryl. The cafeteria has been informed of his food allergies but it didn't matter. It didn't prevent them from offering him a peanutbutter sandwich one day. Fortunately, he had the wherewithall to turn them down. This year we pack his lunch and just avoid dealing with them whenever possible. Our son has been instructed that he isn't to accept any sort of treats from any teachers or classmates. It was difficult in the beginning but we stressed to him that by obeying this simple rule it could save his life.
At home it was difficult to deal with especially since he is also allergic to milk, tree nuts, soy, onion,garlic,oregano, eggs, grass,trees, dogs. But we all know that it is better for him to be without that stuff then for us to be without him forever.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My kids don't have peanut allergies, but there are children in their schools that do, and all products with peanuts have been banned from the schools, as you know, kids share their lunches and snacks etc. I have heard about Sabrina's law, and it's a good idea. I think that I would feel pretty bad about sending something with peanuts to school and then having a child have an allergic reaction, or death because of something that got sent to school. They have alot of products now that are made in a peanut free facility, such as granola bars etc...

Answer 4

Although our son isn't allergic to peanuts, he has a classmate who is. This is a very very serious allergy with life threatening consequences. As the room mother I always made sure that there were no peanut products brought to any class party. I personally went to the store & picked out items that weren't even prepared in a plant that processess peanuts. The last thing that a child needs is to be signalled out for being different. It's up to the adults around the child to make the concessions.

Answer 5

I have not heard of Sabrina Law myself. My daughter is a first year teacher and one of her students has a peanut allergy..she has an epi pen in possesion at all times at school in case she needs to use it. She sent a note to parents at the first of the year about snacks that all parents would be asked to send for the class..asking that they read labels and make sure they are peanut free..1 parent sent a note and asked if she could just send a snack for her child alone every day to avoid having to worry about the peanut thing..daughter sent bacck a note and said no..because if she allowed each child to eat whatever she would spend all her time sending peanut kids out of the room for snack..and them washing up them and the area they were eating in..The school is not peanut free..I guess it is not neccessary..but there is a table where the allergy child sits and the friends that sit with him are sure to have no peanuts in their food..So I guess my daughter is being as responsible as she can to help maintain the safety of this child..

Answer 6

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Answer 7

First i would buy patches and apply them to the child's clothes saying, I'm allergic to nuts, just search on the Internet for them, I saw them in a baby magazine, and just inform people about it. You have to make sure that you read ingredients carefully and if it doesn't say there are peanuts in the mix, call the company

Answer 8

Neither of my boys are allergic, My son's school is nut free.No I have not heard of that law.

Answer 9

Why should the school do anything about it! It's your child. You do something about it. Home school your child. Why should society adapt to your individual deficiency. Do you want the school to tell me that I can't send my kid to school with a PB and J sandwich? Get a clue!