Nowadays with so many kids with allergies, you can’t have anything homemade. Unless you make a gluten, nut, milk, egg free cupcake.It can be done (I’ve done it), but it isn’t easy and doesn’t taste like Betty Crocker. Even the candies have to conform to allergy guidelines. Better are small toys.Burl, you think that way, because that is what you would do. Idiot.
OK. I’m really not trying for Dinette Set Curmudgeon, but here’s an observation (or more.)When I was in school, shortly after the alphabet was invented, we had all those things; home-made sweets, et al. And none—repeat, none— of my schoolmates ever—repeat, ever—had an allergic reaction of any sort. Yes, we had an occasional fat kid but they were really rare. Our moms baked cookies and cupcakes. We lived on PB&J. Is all this something new? In the 40’s, several of my schoolmates died of measles, whooping cough and polio, but not peanut allergy.Thoughts?
Mickie,One current theory is that our kids aren’t exposed to enough dirt and animal dander to enable them to develop good immune systems. Third world countries don’t seen to have all the allergy problems we are encountering.
Around here they can’t wear Oakland Raiders clothing (even though it’s black) in some public places (dunno about schools)…because some gangs wear it.
It’s not new….A friend’s son was only 3 when they were told he’d have to leave a local miniature golf course, cos he’d put on his little teeny Raider’s jacket.My friend looked nothing like a gang member.
One thing is, there’s some sort of mass hysteria going on about health threats, and a lot of overreaction in schools and at public gatherings.
Something like 1% of the population has any actual reaction to peanuts…but 7% responded to a recent survey saying they or their children were allergic.
Similar results were found with wheat, gluten, and a couple of other allergens, but I can’t remember the numbers….small numbers of actual threats, large piles of fear…. and the schools have to respond, even if the other 93% is upset.
The other side of the coin, though, is that sure, we didn’t know any kids with peanut allergies, milk allergies, kids who got injured without bike helmets, or jumping off swings…on and on…and the reason we didn’t know them is that they’d already died young.
We didn’t have kids in our schools with behavioral problems, either ….cos they’d gotten kicked out, sent to “reform school”… moved on to a life of crime or sweeping the floor at the bus station… or both.
Today, we go overboard….but at least we do try to keep all kids safe, and to educate them.
I have a niece whose son tested positive to over 50 different food allergies. And she has two cats and had a dog (until it bit the son). Her home is not spotless, nor does she use hyperallergenic cleaners. She is slowly, with the help of doctors, de-sensitizing the son to the items to which he is allergic. She blames all his problems on the fact that she had to have a c-section with him. His younger brother, born naturally, has no problems.
A Dr. on the radio was talking about allergies. When you expose your newborn to the elements (take them out side) and let them breath the fresh air, pollen and other things floating we can’t see, from day one for at least the first year that’s when their immune system builds up and can do it’s job.But we think we have to keep the newbies in a sterile house , take them to the Dr. when they sneeze (I have a step son whose mom took him almost every week) Then the immune system isn’t going to work like it should. There are a lot of kids out there who will have allergies when they get older too.
My sister asked the Kindergarten teacher what kind of snacks to bring.. She said the kids loved Cheerios. The box had to be unopened, she put them in baggies at the school.
I would never give my kids – or grandkids – “store bought” cakes or cookies. Factories are a certain number of insect parts and rodent hairs, which no homemaker would ever tolerate. (Not to mention ordinary factory dust and grime.) If it has ingredients I can’t pronounce, I don’t eat it.
Today’s responses are all very interesting. My daughter’s first born had asthma and some other allergies, When they visited for the first time she made me wash the floors before she put him down, the second one, she washed off the pacifier and her hands (no asthma, a few allergies to pollen and grass), the third one, well I know for a fact he crawled on the floor at the bank, and when he dropped his pacifier his brother or sister handed it back to him. No allergies at all!My mother always said: “You gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die”.
In fact Americans in the old days and people in third world countries now did and do have allergies. They just didn’t and don’t know why they were and are sick all the time.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Nowadays with so many kids with allergies, you can’t have anything homemade. Unless you make a gluten, nut, milk, egg free cupcake.It can be done (I’ve done it), but it isn’t easy and doesn’t taste like Betty Crocker. Even the candies have to conform to allergy guidelines. Better are small toys.Burl, you think that way, because that is what you would do. Idiot.
mikie2 almost 10 years ago
OK. I’m really not trying for Dinette Set Curmudgeon, but here’s an observation (or more.)When I was in school, shortly after the alphabet was invented, we had all those things; home-made sweets, et al. And none—repeat, none— of my schoolmates ever—repeat, ever—had an allergic reaction of any sort. Yes, we had an occasional fat kid but they were really rare. Our moms baked cookies and cupcakes. We lived on PB&J. Is all this something new? In the 40’s, several of my schoolmates died of measles, whooping cough and polio, but not peanut allergy.Thoughts?
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Mickie,One current theory is that our kids aren’t exposed to enough dirt and animal dander to enable them to develop good immune systems. Third world countries don’t seen to have all the allergy problems we are encountering.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Around here they can’t wear Oakland Raiders clothing (even though it’s black) in some public places (dunno about schools)…because some gangs wear it.
It’s not new….A friend’s son was only 3 when they were told he’d have to leave a local miniature golf course, cos he’d put on his little teeny Raider’s jacket.My friend looked nothing like a gang member.
That kid is now in his early 40’s.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
As for peanut allergies and such….
One thing is, there’s some sort of mass hysteria going on about health threats, and a lot of overreaction in schools and at public gatherings.
Something like 1% of the population has any actual reaction to peanuts…but 7% responded to a recent survey saying they or their children were allergic.
Similar results were found with wheat, gluten, and a couple of other allergens, but I can’t remember the numbers….small numbers of actual threats, large piles of fear…. and the schools have to respond, even if the other 93% is upset.
The other side of the coin, though, is that sure, we didn’t know any kids with peanut allergies, milk allergies, kids who got injured without bike helmets, or jumping off swings…on and on…and the reason we didn’t know them is that they’d already died young.
We didn’t have kids in our schools with behavioral problems, either ….cos they’d gotten kicked out, sent to “reform school”… moved on to a life of crime or sweeping the floor at the bus station… or both.
Today, we go overboard….but at least we do try to keep all kids safe, and to educate them.
A thin line, and I admit to feeling conflicted.
GSJohnson almost 10 years ago
I have a niece whose son tested positive to over 50 different food allergies. And she has two cats and had a dog (until it bit the son). Her home is not spotless, nor does she use hyperallergenic cleaners. She is slowly, with the help of doctors, de-sensitizing the son to the items to which he is allergic. She blames all his problems on the fact that she had to have a c-section with him. His younger brother, born naturally, has no problems.
loveslife almost 10 years ago
A Dr. on the radio was talking about allergies. When you expose your newborn to the elements (take them out side) and let them breath the fresh air, pollen and other things floating we can’t see, from day one for at least the first year that’s when their immune system builds up and can do it’s job.But we think we have to keep the newbies in a sterile house , take them to the Dr. when they sneeze (I have a step son whose mom took him almost every week) Then the immune system isn’t going to work like it should. There are a lot of kids out there who will have allergies when they get older too.
My sister asked the Kindergarten teacher what kind of snacks to bring.. She said the kids loved Cheerios. The box had to be unopened, she put them in baggies at the school.
Dani Rice almost 10 years ago
I would never give my kids – or grandkids – “store bought” cakes or cookies. Factories are a certain number of insect parts and rodent hairs, which no homemaker would ever tolerate. (Not to mention ordinary factory dust and grime.) If it has ingredients I can’t pronounce, I don’t eat it.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Today’s responses are all very interesting. My daughter’s first born had asthma and some other allergies, When they visited for the first time she made me wash the floors before she put him down, the second one, she washed off the pacifier and her hands (no asthma, a few allergies to pollen and grass), the third one, well I know for a fact he crawled on the floor at the bank, and when he dropped his pacifier his brother or sister handed it back to him. No allergies at all!My mother always said: “You gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die”.
CougarAllen almost 10 years ago
In fact Americans in the old days and people in third world countries now did and do have allergies. They just didn’t and don’t know why they were and are sick all the time.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 10 years ago
You’re welcome, Mikie…and CougarAllen… TRUE.
shamest Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Wow this fits the Penny’s style