seminole88

From our research, it seems to be that most of the allergy related deaths each year (about 150 in the US annually) are teenagers. Some of very careful and something still gets by them, and others become nonchalant, just as @5yearscouter is seeing. I understand that some Scouters have seen 'fake allergies', for us and our children (we also have a younger daughter with the same type of severe food allergies) it is very real and very life threatening. I appreciate all of the advice and tips from people here on the board. We have considered trying the Peanut treatment in which they bui

I appreciate the feedback from everyone. While I understand the frustration of the Scouters who who have experienced 'made up allergies', I am dealing with the kind of kid that carries an epi-pen, that I have seen have reactions such as hives, wheezing, difficulty breathing, etc. dozens of times and have personally made numerous trips to the emergency room with. As some advice for all the Scouters who I get the feeling are tired of dealing with the fake allergies', I would treat each one as a serious allergy and have a sit down meeting with the Scout and the parents. They need

I found this post looking for ideas and feedback on how we can transition our 11 year old from Cub Scouts into Boy Scouts. When our son was in Cubs, it was fairly easy to ask parents to not bring snacks with nuts, and very quickly, some of the boys became our son's advocate, telling their parents that their friend has allergies (our son has various levels of allergies - nut and shellfish are the epi-pen and hospital trip kind, soy, wheat, and others are less severe, but all in all add up to a mostly fruit and veggies diet). Now that he is entering Boy Scouts, we have been working wi