Originally Posted by
nfceagles
but I would never say that he can't even be around them. For example, his classmates aren't allowed to bring snacks with peanuts in them (lunches eaten in the cafeteria are different), but they can bring pretzels that might have some warning on them. I just can't see a significant risk in him being NEAR a food that MIGHT have MINUTE traces in it. There are other allergic kids (older than my 1st grader no less) in his school whose classmates can only bring snacks from a specified list and those items are free of warnings as well, but if I'm being completely honest I think that's a bit paranoid and just causes people to resent accomodating the allergic kid.