Once
a month we bring snack for my daughter's class of 20 kids. Because of
allergies, the list of forbidden foods includes dairy, nuts,
strawberries, and wheat. Which means the kids can have rice cakes, and
cut fruit, and veggies, and...did I already mention rice cakes? While
I'm glad to know he needs of allergic kids are being taken care of, I
was stunned by the number of foods on the danger list. Turns out that
allergies, like the deadly peanut one, are on the rise in the younger
population. But I was even more surprised to learn why more kids are having these reactions, because it seems like it could be due to our collective cautious parenting.
One
theory for the increase in allergies...
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