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Living and Coping With Food Allergies

Filed in archive Allergy Support Groups , Food Allergies , Living with Allergies on November 27, 2006

Living and Coping With Food Allergies
Finally, people are taking food allergies seriously. Time/CNN is running an article describing what we parents of children with food allergies go through. I hope this is an indication that food allergy is starting to get the attention and respect it deserves, and possibly some sympathy from others, too.
Torn between reasonable fear and hypochondria, safety and overprotection, parents struggle to raise their children with some semblance of normalcy-without driving themselves, their kids, their friends, and their communities crazy. Waiters roll their eyes when parents ask to view labels and school staff often resist accommodations. Parents whose kids dive into birthday cake with abandon and live on PB and J aren't necessarily sympathetic to what they call the peanut police. Even the most understanding moms aren't accustomed to the precautions involved in having an allergic child over for a playdate.

Read the full story from Time/CNN, as well as two other related stories:

More Allergies than Ever
and
Tips for Hosting an Allergic Child.


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