Nut Free Schools

I was shopping at Walmart today, and this woman and her kids grabbed some granola bars off an end. As they were putting them into the basket the mom says, "These will be great snacks for the afternoon, but not for taking to school, okay?" I'm pretty sure these bars had peanuts (or some kind of nuts) in them from the glance I got of the product packaging, and I'm guessing that's why she isn't allowing her kids to take them to school.

When I was child, food with nuts was fairly common at school though, it was becoming increasingly frowned upon. I often ate peanut butter sandwiches, cookies containing nuts, and sometimes even peanut butter marshmallow squares (so yummy!). In the present, many schools have banned nuts, and all public schools are required to have policies regarding anaphylaxis (did I spell that right?). Over the years I've also noticed an increasing number of products marked as "made in a nut free facility" or "may contain soy, or nuts".

The purpose of a public school is to serve the public, and if there are enough kids with allergies to nuts then it makes sense to adopt school policies that ensure a safe environment for all, but as someone who grew up in a different time, it was very strange to hear a mother seemingly forbidding her kids to take nuts to school, like it was no thing.

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