Is it irresponsible to give out candy with common allergens in today's society?

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_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Should we retire our peanut butter cups/pumpkins?
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  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
    That's ridiculous, it should be the parents job to make sure THEIR kids are safe. Not my problem that nature selected their children to be allergic to something as amazing as peanuts.

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  • dianaiku
    dianaiku Posts: 96 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    yes. at my house we only give out Dixie cups of water and stern lectures.

    genius
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    What am I supposed to do, ask every little Darth Vader and Elsa if they have their epi pen handy? Eff that noise, here's a Reeces, may the odds be ever in your favor.
  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    Should we retire our peanut butter cups/pumpkins?

    Not quite there yet. That's #3 on the 86 list.
    #2 is raisins
    #1 is that person who drops a handful of pennies in the kids bags,

    Once #1 and #2 are eliminated we can start discussing #3.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    We had our "moral" dentist in the neighborhood who gave out toothbrushes and dental floss......WTF is that?!?!?!
  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
    jmule24 wrote: »
    We had our "moral" dentist in the neighborhood who gave out toothbrushes and dental floss......WTF is that?!?!?!

    we had our "moral" lawyer who gave out business cards when kids tripped and fell.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    I always have a bin of peanut free treats on hand but there's no way I'm not buying Pb cups.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    haha no. it's irresponsible for parents of children with allergies to allow them to eat whatever they get in their bag - also.....most candy is not good for a true peanut allergy because it's all made in the same factory so you'd be retiring more than just your Reese's.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    capnrus789 wrote: »
    What am I supposed to do, ask every little Darth Vader and Elsa if they have their epi pen handy? Eff that noise, here's a Reeces, may the odds be ever in your favor.

    I just like this so much.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited October 2015
    as a parent of a three year old with a deathly peanut allergy, this *kitten* always scares the *kitten* out of me. not just trick or treating or whatever...but going to restaurants and whatnot where you ask some moron waiter if there's peanuts in X or Y and they come back with, "I don't think so"...

    my wife and i are as vigilant as we can be, but there's always that chance that something is going to get by us, and it scares the *kitten* out of me. i'm not so much worried about the candy at this point because we go with him and check his stash...but in general having a kid with severe peanut allergies is pretty frightening sometimes. epi on hand at all times.

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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited October 2015
    Irresponsible for the parents not to check their kids food for allergens and tampering.

    No worries on the pb here though. In my house it goes...handful of random non-pb candy for you, pb cup for me. :D

    ETA: @cwolfman13-I can only imagine how scary that is as I know how easy it is to miss things. I hope your kids have a safe halloween.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    edited October 2015
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    as a parent of a three year old with a deathly peanut allergy, this *kitten* always scares the *kitten* out of me. not just trick or treating or whatever...but going to restaurants and whatnot where you ask some moron waiter if there's peanuts in X or Y and they come back with, "I don't think so"...

    my wife and i are as vigilant as we can be, but there's always that chance that something is going to get by us, and it scares the *kitten* out of me. i'm not so much worried about the candy at this point because we go with him and check his stash...but in general having a kid with severe peanut allergies is pretty frightening sometimes. epi on hand at all times.

    I'm sorry to hear your son has this type of allergy. I hope you understand this is in the chit-chat/fun section of the forums, which is laden with sarcasm, cheesy humor, and lewdness........

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  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    Give them a beer instead.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I would not put too much thought in it. The parents these days are so anal I am sure they monitor everything little Bobby puts in his mouth.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    kbmnurse wrote: »
    I would not put too much thought in it. The parents these days are so anal I am sure they monitor everything little Bobby puts in his mouth.

    Are you **** crazy?!?!?! Peanut allergies are ***** serious stuff!!!! Most people can't even touch those nuts, let alone get them near their mouth!!!!!! Shame on you!
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    edited October 2015
    I dare children to take the peanut butter cups. Also available: chocolate covered antihistamine. (Sarcastic joke/mean person insensitivity)
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    jmule24 wrote: »
    We had our "moral" dentist in the neighborhood who gave out toothbrushes and dental floss......WTF is that?!?!?!

    THAT is a license to egg the *kitten* out of their house. They are asking for it.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    This is why we can't have nice things
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  • _SummerGirl_
    _SummerGirl_ Posts: 3,791 Member
    As a kid who has a life threatening allergy to peanuts, I admit Halloween is a scary time. How we found out she was allergic? She was three and on Halloween, I gave her mommy' favorite candy at the time: Snickers.

    We spent Halloween in the ER. :disappointed:

    That being said, it's Halloween and people are giving out free candy. You cannot dictate what they give. In a school, I see the reasoning/liability of not serving peanuts...but children have to go to school. They don't have to go "begging" for free candy.

  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    jmule24 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    as a parent of a three year old with a deathly peanut allergy, this *kitten* always scares the *kitten* out of me. not just trick or treating or whatever...but going to restaurants and whatnot where you ask some moron waiter if there's peanuts in X or Y and they come back with, "I don't think so"...

    my wife and i are as vigilant as we can be, but there's always that chance that something is going to get by us, and it scares the *kitten* out of me. i'm not so much worried about the candy at this point because we go with him and check his stash...but in general having a kid with severe peanut allergies is pretty frightening sometimes. epi on hand at all times.
    the_pkg wrote: »
    No. Survival of the fittest. Thinning the herd. Whatever you want to call it.

    that's fecked up....you're a for *kitten* individual.

    I'm sorry to hear your son has this type of allergy. I hope you understand this is in the chit-chat/fun section of the forums, which is laden with sarcasm, cheesy humor, and lewdness........

    I do...but in general, many people do not take this stuff seriously at all...
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  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    edited October 2015
    nope give out whatever you want as long as its not heroin

    well you can give your heroin if you want i guess
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    jmule24 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    as a parent of a three year old with a deathly peanut allergy, this *kitten* always scares the *kitten* out of me. not just trick or treating or whatever...but going to restaurants and whatnot where you ask some moron waiter if there's peanuts in X or Y and they come back with, "I don't think so"...

    my wife and i are as vigilant as we can be, but there's always that chance that something is going to get by us, and it scares the *kitten* out of me. i'm not so much worried about the candy at this point because we go with him and check his stash...but in general having a kid with severe peanut allergies is pretty frightening sometimes. epi on hand at all times.
    the_pkg wrote: »
    No. Survival of the fittest. Thinning the herd. Whatever you want to call it.

    that's fecked up....you're a for *kitten* individual.

    I'm sorry to hear your son has this type of allergy. I hope you understand this is in the chit-chat/fun section of the forums, which is laden with sarcasm, cheesy humor, and lewdness........

    I do...but in general, many people do not take this stuff seriously at all...

    Like this????????

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    We need to completely desensitize the world and make sure it is completely safe for everyone. Probably best to let a large bureaucracy run the cleansing, just to make sure we have no personal accountability or need for common sense.
  • KenziesFrenzies
    KenziesFrenzies Posts: 1,014 Member
    Escloflowne wrote: »
    That's ridiculous, it should be the parents job to make sure THEIR kids are safe. Not my problem that nature selected their children to be allergic to something as amazing as peanuts.

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    This. This right here.
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  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    That's why I hand out chocolate-covered EpiPens.
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