Question:
My son's birthday is tomorrow. Should I bring cupcakes in to his daycare if they're made with eggs and may have traces of nut products, even if the teachers say it's okay?
Answer:
"And with the juice of this I'll streak her eyes,
And make her full of hateful fantasies."
(Midsummer Night's Dream, 2.1.257-58)
I don't like the sound of this: juice in the eyes that causes bad stuff to happen. I think some kid with an allergy is going to make contact with something she shouldn't, and it isn't going to end well. Come to think of it, last year I had an at-home birthday party for my daughter and almost had a nervous breakdown worrying about all the kids who might die right there in my kitchen because I hadn't been careful enough about cleaning up the stray blotches of peanut butter and scraps of scrambled egg. Every time I looked at the row of epi pens on the counter I started hyperventilating. No, no. No cupcakes. And you know what? No juice. Better safe than sorry.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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We're vegan for ethical reasons, but in the course of dealing with this, it's become increasingly clear that so many people have dietary restrictions - for one reason or another - that bringing food into the classroom as a signifier of celebration just isn't such a good idea anymore. I would suggest either a non-comestible treat such as a gift certificate to a local bookstore (for the class, to be used by the teacher), or something experiential, like arranging to go in to read them a story, a special show & tell, etc. The whole food thing is just too fraught with potential disaster!
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