Reply To: Peanut Ban in Schools 🚫🥜🏫💉

B”H your daughter was saved, she should have good health and a long life!
I thank you for telling your story and I thank you for illustrating my point. You were willing to try it the other way first, but it didn’t work for your daughter and you asked that things change. That does not compare in any way to total bans on schools as a general rule. But I also must add that we insist the children have their epi pens on them, for the very reason that you experienced, which would have saved your daughter much suffering. With or without a ban, I do not believe a child with severe peanut allergies should ever be more than 5 feet away from her epi pen. We have the kids carry them in waist packs or a small ‘tik’. While I fully understand why a ban may be necessary in your case, was there an equal stress on making sure your daughter had her epi pen available at all times from that point on? And if not, why not (I ask because the parents and staff I work with did insist on having the student be primarily responsible for her health plan) Again, if this wasn’t contributed to a discussion on peanut bans in schools I would never think of asking these questions, I would just thank Hashem your daughter is well and thank you for sharing your story. And I do wish her, and you, good health ’til 120.