chicago school kids not allowed to bring own lunch!

[futant]

I had a level 4 allergy to peanuts at one point. My ex-husband could eat a payday bar on the way home from work, and if he touched me before washing his hands, I'd have welps anywhere on my body he touched, from the oil on his finger tips.

That being said, PB&H was a staple of the kids' diet at that point, so I was cautious when I handled it. I actually wore nitrile gloves, would pre-rinse the knife I used with a paper towel, stick it in the dish washer, cleaned the counter tops, had them throw their trash away, clean their table, and shuffle them into the bathroom to wash their faces and hands, and unglove.

It was a PITA for sure, but it's what I did to keep my kids happy and watch my health, and I didn't have to worry about some dumbass suing me because I had a reaction to peanuts.

no one cares about you any more.
we're trying to save fat kids from dieing a slow painful death.
Nevermind that you have a real problem!
we have to save everyone from themselves, not save you from everyone else.
now get in the g/d plastic bubble!

[stevo]

Don't forget how Chicago outlawed the selling of foie gra (duck liver) for consumption, due to it being 'inhumane'.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/us/27foiegras.html

CHICAGO, April 26 — The City Council voted Wednesday to make Chicago the first city in the country to outlaw the sale of foie gras, the fatty livers of geese and ducks that many consider a delicacy but animal rights advocates describe as a product of inhumane treatment.

The ban, adopted on a vote of 48 to 1, makes "food dispensing establishments" — restaurants and retail stores — subject to a fine of $500 for selling foie gras.

Stevo

[Treasure Chest]

no one cares about you any more.
we're trying to save fat kids from dieing a slow painful death.
Nevermind that you have a real problem!
we have to save everyone from themselves, not save you from everyone else.
now get in the g/d plastic bubble!

LMAO!

I seriously do understand the parent's side of the arguement; they don't want their kid to die. I just don't understand why it's treated as a disability. It's not like you can make the entire world a peanut free zone, so why mandate things like this in public school?

[Broncojohnny]

LMAO!

I seriously do understand the parent's side of the arguement; they don't want their kid to die. I just don't understand why it's treated as a disability. It's not like you can make the entire world a peanut free zone, so why mandate things like this in public school?

Not to mention that a lot of the treatment for allergies starts with exposure to the allergen. The lack of exposure to it is what caused the problem in the first place.

[Treasure Chest]

Not to mention that a lot of the treatment for allergies starts with exposure to the allergen. The lack of exposure to it is what caused the problem in the first place.

The way food allergies were described to me, in basic terms, is that when food proteins aren't digested properly and broken down small enough, the immune system flags these larger proteins and tags them as harmful. The next time it's introduced to the body, you have a reaction.
Sometimes, it's so mild that you don't notice it or associate it with food, but increased exposure can lead to stronger reactions. Other times, it can go straight from being tagged to being a severe reaction, and it varies from person to person. I actually went into anaphalyctic shock from the skin test.

They do recommend elemination and avoidance so that the immune system forgets the allergy. I was retested after two years of elimination, and mine was gone. I have only seen one study where researchers started kids on miniscule doses of peanut powder and gradually increased the amount over a year. Across the board, they were able to tolerate a small handful of peanuts with minimal reaction at the end of the study, but researchers weren't sure if they'd regain their sensitivity with continued exposure.

[stevo]

All this talk of food allergies reminds me of my brother that developed a shellfish allergy at the age of 43. He had never had a reaction until then.

Stevo

[Treasure Chest]

All this talk of food allergies reminds me of my brother that developed a shellfish allergy at the age of 43. He had never had a reaction until then.

Stevo

It's weird how that works, but not at all uncommon.

Mine started after a stomach virus when I was 23 and went away when I got pregnant with my youngest. I had such an intense craving for peanuts that I asked my allergist to pull a blood test. I have no idea if it went away because I avoided peanuts, or if it was decreased immune response during pregnancy.

[KBScobravert]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/e...,4567867.story


can you believe a bunch of dim witted voters elected a lawyer from chicago to run this great nation of ours?

I would like to hear from the liberals and democrats, because it is their party that supports bullshit like this.

honestly , it's your party ...... is this acceptable to you ?

welcome to the nanny state of amerika

Can someone remind me again just HOW we are the land of the free?

[KBScobravert]

kids who brought their lunches were cooler than the tray kids!

Where I went to school it was the other way around. Tray kids ruled the lunch room. We were also better than the vending machine kids.

[scootro]

Where I went to school it was the other way around. Tray kids ruled the lunch room. We were also better than the vending machine kids.

in our elementary school their wasn't any vending machines and the tray kids were government assisted free lunch kids!

i was one of them that had the free lunch card

[SMEGMA STENCH]

Even as a kid I thought it was bullshit when the black kids all got free lunches cause their parents were poor. We had vending machines and I always thought about what I could have bought with my money if I didn't have to buy lunches like them. Made me resent the fact that they got theirs for free.

[stevo]

Even as a kid I thought it was bullshit when the black kids all got free lunches cause their parents were poor.

i was one of them that had the free lunch card

I do believe he just called you black and your parents poor.

Stevo

[scootro]

I do believe he just called you black and your parents poor.

Stevo

No it doesn't bother me and yes I am white. My parents tried their best to provide for me but with my dad always getting into trouble with his alcoholism and my mom barely getting by while dad was sitting in jail I was more than happy to eat my free lunches and free breakfast if I got up early enough.

Shit like that made me who I am! So go ahead and make fun not much bothers me anymore.

[V8tt]

Friday used to be PB&J at my kid's school. Now, they get cheese sandwiches because some mouth breather's kid has a peanut allergy. Boo fucking hoo. I get the seriousness of this, I just wonder what has changed recently that has made these kids SO allergic to peanuts. Peanut allergies have always existed, it just seems that people are going overboard now. One kid has an allergy, and it gets taken away from everyone else.

I see your point..kinda. If they allow pb&j (which I love btw) to remain..then do they tell all the kids that eat them not to talk to/touch the kids with allergies? And do they sit them at different tables thereby ostracizing them? My son is deathly allergic to eggs. His throat swells shut and he can't breathe. If he is at a table next to someone eating eggs and/or trades food with egg in it...then what? I know it is a bad example but let's say it was egg salad sandwiches instead of pb&js. We have taught him to stay clear of eggs and he is really good at it. He asks at restaurants and anytime someone offers him food. BUT there are some parents who may not teach the way we have or the kid may forget. I know I know..the further pussification of America..but if it was YOUR kid (not you..just sayin in general) wouldn't you want some extra precautions in place. I mean really..we are talking about a sandwich...not lunch. It would be one thig to say "Fuck it..no one eats lunch at school." We're talking about a choice not a category. I honestly see both sides of the argument and could swing both ways but having a child with a food allergy and knowing it could kill him makes me lean on the precaution side.

[Treasure Chest]

You have taught your child to adapt, you're not seeking policy change to make everyone else adapt. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is banning something because it affects one person.

What would happen if you have a school where one child is deathly allergic to peanuts, another is allergic to eggs, a third has a wheat allergy, the forth child is allergic to milk, and the last one is allergic to preservatives? Would they ban everything so the kids only get to eat chicken breasts and carrots?