My toddler has started 3hrs of daycare a week to get her out of the house and expose her to others and I was pretty surprised to find out about the nut ban that is pretty much everywhere these days. I didn't have to deal with all of this with her older sister. Nuts, and peanuts in particular, are probably the healthiest food around, especially when cost, availability, and environmental impact are considered. These policies MIGHT save a few lives, yet they eliminate great benefit overall.
@daniel - 15 years ago, when my son was 5years old, he had a violent reaction to a peanut additive in Neapolitan ice-cream! It almost killed him! He has had to carry an EpiPen with him ever since and he can sense, with a tickle in his throat, if people have been eating peanuts/ peanut butter etc in the same room. So personally speaking, the policy has been a life saver for my son ... but when he leaves home next year, the first thing I'm buying is a huge pot of crunchy peanut butter!!! 🤣
@Kizzy I didn't mean to come across as insensitive if it felt that way, I just think the benefits outweigh the risks on society as a whole. Sorry that your son and family had to go through that. It is great that you taught him how to manage it. Maybe there will be a cure one day!
@daniel - it's fine... I know you didn't mean it that way. Believe me, I love nuts and especially peanuts in butter!! 🤣
It's decisions like these that separate good leaders from the bad ones. Emotions can't come into the picture on scales this large. They have to look at the data and put a value on a life. This is tough and necessary. My great grandfather, though he wasn't really a farmer, grew and sold peanuts and it helped get my family through the Great Depression. If you really want to help the poor, peanuts are a good way.
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