Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child

[LeftishBrit]

409. What about a lot of the other things that schools commonly require?

For example, dress codes and sometimes uniforms. These mean that children cannot always wear what they want; it sometimes means that their parents have to buy more clothes if they cannot use hand-me-downs from siblings and cousins who attend other schools; etc.

What about all the rules and regulations about what games children are and aren't allowed to play in the playground, which are often based on fears about possibly being sued if an accident did occur?

For that matter, what about all the restrictions that are put on one just by living near to others - for example about noise?

I have seen primary schools that were peanut-free because of children's allergies, and it didn't cause big problems. Admittedly, in the UK, peanut products are possibly not as much a part of children's staple diet as in the USA, where I understand that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a common popular and relatively affordable option. But, while there may be arguments about how restrictive one can and should be about what children bring in for packed lunches, I do not think it is at all unreasonable to expect schools to provide school dinners that do not include nut products - especially as there are quite a number of children, who, though they are not life-threateninglyallergic, have milder allergies and intolerances to nuts; so it's not really 'for one child'. In fact, in most schools that I have seen, nut products are not a common part of school dinners anyway, whether or not a school is a 'peanut-free zone'.