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Nuts are a very good and healthy natural snack; it's a shame they are banned by most daycares and schools now. It would be great if this became so common they c
by cwoolfe 2y ago
Nuts are a very good and healthy natural snack; it's a shame they are banned by most daycares and schools now. It would be great if this became so common they could be allowed again. Without nuts...what do we have instead? Chips. granola-bars. These are highly processed foods that have other issues. Raisins or apples maybe? but they are mostly sugar. None of these options have healthy fat & protein like nuts do. What healthy snacks do you feed your children?
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoYep, the banning of normal foods from these spaces is a detriment to everyone else. I feel it is a bit unfair, in that everyone else has to “subsidize” the few rare people with allergies. Shouldn’t the burden be on them to avoid public spaces if they’re that sensitive?
- rospaya 2y ago> Shouldn’t the burden be on them to avoid public spaces if they’re that sensitive? Depends how emphatic you are to your fellow human being. Peanuts aren't as important in most people's lives as actual people.
- heavenlyblue 2y agoHowever since we're currently seeing that allergies are treated by exposure, by removing these from canteens we are strengthening everyone's allergies for the sake of the few. In essence these few unlucky ones, including those who don't want to take the risk, are making us all more ill in the long run.
- Zach_the_Lizard 2y agoOn the other hand, avoiding peanut exposure can cause an increase in allergies, so there's a feedback loop at play. The children who now have allergies, but wouldn't with past exposure levels, are more inconvenienced than the kid who can't eat a peanut butter sandwich at school. Attempting to make life better for all has unexpected twists and turns
- thomaslord 2y agoThe question is whether children who are already in school are likely to develop an allergy due to lack of exposure at that point in their lives. If the answer is no, the only downside is parents having to make a different sandwich for lunch. I'm allergic to peanuts and none of my schools banned peanuts. When I was in elementary school, another kid chased me around with a peanut butter sandwich for a couple of minutes before the teachers were able to stop them. I'm not saying this will happen to all kids, but the options for bullying get kinda scary when an everyday food can kill you. Kids at that age may not understand how serious allergies can be, so there's also the more mundane risk of a child with an allergy trying somebody else's food without knowing it contains allergens. Later on in middle school there was a single peanut-free table, where kids were eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch every day before I arrived. Fortunately they were willing to bring something else once I told them I actually needed the peanut-free table to be peanut-free.
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- xanderlewis 2y agoThe Tyranny of the Minority. One set being small is all it takes for the intersection to be small. …although I do have some sympathy for those with such severe allergies. ‘The burden be[ing] on them’ does seem a bit harsh.
- t0mas88 2y agoOh wow, are nuts banned from US schools? Never heard of that in NL or UK. The only food requests we get from daycare and primary school are to provide healthy snacks for birthday celebrations instead of sugary. And that's a friendly request not a rule.