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Mean Parents
Thanks to Judith Warner, author and blogger for the New York Times, for the mention of the story I recently wrote about food allergies for Child magazine. Warner cites the anger and resentment against food allergy policies, which I reported on, as evidence of a meanness and lack of compassion in the culture today. As a result, she says, we're seeing more punitive measures against children and parents, rather than a determined effort to give people the assistance they need.
Worth checking out.
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1 Comments:
I read Allergy Nation in Child Magazine and was so furious at the ignorance of some adults that I came looking for my first blog.
I do not have an allergic child, but I feel much compassion for those parents who do. They are faced with such daily challenges that the last thing they need is ignorant adults raising the dangers of this allergy. The parent comment about telling their child to smear peanut butter up and down the halls was completely absurd!
To top it off the consequences of these ignorant actions can be life threatening to not only children but adults.
I student taught with an amazing teacher who had really intense allergies. Her face would turn bright red and swell, then she would start having coughing fits that made it difficult for her to breathe. This reaction could be caused by many things including citrus items, even a citrus flavored lip blam! She had to create many rules for her own safety and has gotten lots of negative feedback from parents over her 30 years of teaching.
But what those parents did not see is how talented she was as a teacher! In the school she was one of the students picks for best teacher, and it was because she made learning fun and efficient. To avoid certain items is nothing if your child is receiving that type of learning experience.
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