Banned Peanut Butter in Schools

I agree with it. My kids don't have peanut / nut allergies but if they did damn straight I wouldn't want it anywhere near them. All the schools here are "nut-free".

I buy my kids WOWBUTTER. Tastes like peanut butter but made with soy so it is school safe and it even comes with stickers to attach to your sandwich bag/container. They don't even miss it.

I agree with it. My kids don't have peanut / nut allergies but if they did damn straight I wouldn't want it anywhere near them. All the schools here are "nut-free".

I buy my kids WOWBUTTER. Tastes like peanut butter but made with soy so it is school safe and it even comes with stickers to attach to your sandwich bag/container. They don't even miss it.

Never even heard of that...will have to see if I can find it by me.

I have 4 healthy kids, one of which has a peanut allergy. Its a pain in the neck. It sucks for him, and for the other 3 non allergic ones as well. Something has happened in our food/drug chain that has dramatically affect the numbers and severity of the condition. The occurrence of peanut and tree nut allergies seems to have tripled between 1997 and 2008 according to many sources.

You may be surprised that many schools do it because they are obligated to provide a safe environment for all kids and they dont want to deal with allergic reactions because teachers refuse to administer the Epi pens. Literally, all you do is stick it in their thigh. Check out this quick Google link below, in Ca they wanted to add an Epi pen to a schools First Aid kit and train 1, yep...just 1 staff member, and the teachers union is against it. (BTW, not a teacher basher).

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/bill-to-require-epipens-in-pubic-schools-faces-opposition-from-teachers-union/.

Its not the peanut butter sandwiches, its the incredible looking cookie that the 6yr old buddy swears is peanut free, some candy corn, some jelly beans, Twinkies, pesto (tree nut), etc. I almost gave my son a Mango ice not knowing it was a tree nut classification.

We dont expect bans at all, we feel its our obligation to bring peanut free desserts to school and family events. When we go to a baseball game, if people around us are eating peanuts and shells are flying, we dont say a word and try to rearrange seats, we even left good seats, went to guest services and changed seats to seat comfortably. But gives us a break too when it comes to peanut shells flying all over the place at ball parks and others just dont care if their child is inconvenienced for not being able to bring peanut butter cookies to class for a birthday..

Lastly, thanks to all the food establishments that get it. It means a lot when ice cream places take care in preparation, even though its become normal, its still much appreciated

Sunbutter is a favorite at school, its made with Sunflower kernals

My child is allergic to peanuts. Public schools here have not banned peanuts. My child's private preschool did though.

Luckily, my daughter isn't dangerously allergic; but having been an elementary school teacher, I have known of children that were literally "deathly" allergic to peanuts.

The problem with peanut butter is that children get it EVERYWHERE! The real problem isn't that the kids share food (which they do), the real problem is that peanut butter/oil gets all over hands, tables, etc. and can easily be transferred to other kids. My school tried to mitigate the situation by having "peanut-free tables." This seems like a reasonable solution, and I never dealt with a situation where a student had a severe reaction to another student's peanut butter.

Good. I hate peanut butter.

I WISH I hated that stuff. My life would be so much easier!:laugh: :grumble:

I'm going away for a few days with some girlfriends in a couple of weeks and you know what I'm going to eat the whole time? Everything with peanuts in it. All I want is peanuts.

My youngest brother is autistic and peanut butter crackers is the only thing he would eat.. for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So he would have just had to not eat lunch. That's a long day... good thing he's out of school now. I get the ban, totally, and would support it, but for him that would have been awful too. Curious to know what the school would do in that case...

While it sucks for everyone... the kid with the allergy... the parents that feel like they are being food police to protect their kids... the kids who are super picky and the parents that have to pack their kids lunch... I would rather work around it than to be partially responsible for a kid dying or become seriously injured over something I gave my kid.

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I teach Sunday school and in the last three years we have done away with snack time due to the prevalence and severity of food allergies. It was just easier (and safer). I've had to learn how to use an Epi-pen because of the severe allergies lately.