My son is about to enter Kindergarten in the fall. Until then, he is about to go into a summer program at a pre-K he attended last year. Apparently there has been some backlash from a parent about being "nut safe" and that they are "going overboard as a precaution". The director actually asked me to if 1) it would be okay if my son ate with the teachers in stead of the children, and 2) if it wouldn't just be safer for us to hire him a babysitter at home. Suffice it to say that I unleashed an enormous "teaching" on her, which brought her to tears (emotional tears....not from anything harsh from me). In the year 2011, are we still not clear on the fact that 4 and 5 year olds don't have the ability to advocate for themselves or protect themselves adequately yet, no matter how much teaching we do?????????? Is it not clear yet that kids should be with kids to the greatest extent possible???? What about social responsibility? Wouldn't that parent who has the bone to pick have a lot more damage control to do for his child if she got to see a child suffer anaphylaxis or worse because of the lunch she prefers, rather than if he told her she would have to wait until she got home from camp to eat the PB&J sandwich that day???? Mind you, this is a 2 day per week program. God, this just makes me want to move to an area where people are more apt to "get it".......
it is amazing to me how many mothers don't care about other children. It's appauling really.
4 yr. old son - severe peanut allergy and mild egg
4 yr. old son - severe peanut allergy and mild egg