My kid is allergic to nuts, so I demand you give carrot sticks to everyone on Halloween

[mcolleen206]

In our area, some fire departments will pay kids by the pound for their Halloween candy, then send it to soldiers overseas. I know some parents who do that as well. Worth looking into for kids who want to join the fun but have allergies.

[GilbertWham]

There’s a difference? Oy vey.

[chgoliz]

I do that, actually. Have a separate basket with only non-allergenic stuff, and I mention it if I get the sense that the kid isn’t automatically taking the candy without looking at it.

But no one has ever been a jerk about it.

[AnthonyI]

[GilbertWham]

I went toy shopping with my friend’s little boy today. There were NO toy anklyosaurs. Most upsetting.

[anon63496581]

That is wonderfully messed up.

[Shuck]

Someone’s got to be trolling here - that would explain the terrible treat suggestions.

[kpkpkp]

There’s a right way and a wrong way to go about this.

Right way:

• Walk with your child and when the door opens, hold up the No Peanuts
  symbol and smile and say to whoever is handing out the treats, “No
  peanuts, please” - most people will work with you.

• If your child is so allergic to peanuts that peanut-free candy that
  is even in the same proximity as something with peanuts is an issue,
  then pre-visit your neighbors ahead of time and hand them what you
  want handed back to your kid. Again, people are willing to work with
  you.

Wrong Way:

• Hang up bitchy passive aggressive signs and then nitpick the haul anyway.

[Jared_Kaufman]

I love carrots, but I’ll take Chick Tracts any day of the week, just for the lulz…

[nothingfuture]

Having walked by the old NECCO bulding, there are HUGE taps (like you see for fire truck hookup on most buildings) for the corn syrup delivery. It’s pretty epic.

[Franko]

and of course, clove is still the best flavor.

[the_borderer]

Remind me that I should never eat your toffee “apples”. Onions give me stomach cramps for a week and make me vomit.

[Jared_Kaufman]

If there are other kids in the neighborhood who attend the same school, I guarantee that that know which kid this is and by extension which parent. Anonymous no more! (assuming that there aren’t multiple kids on the street with “severe” peanut allergies)

I know my kids can tell me every kid in their classroom who has a food allergy and what they are allergic to…

[RichardKaufman]

No nuts, No gluten, No Dairy. Are cow patties okay? Probably not. Not even cow patties.

[Jared_Kaufman]

I love getting lunched, especially if it’s on someone else’s dime. Have your people call my people…

[Supercrisp]

I haven’t had M&Ms in a long time, and a quick web search yielded no results, but I suspect M&Ms may be like Hershey’s milk chocolate in containing butyric acid, which is found in spoiled milk and baby barf. It’s what gives Hershey’s candy bars their special barfy aftertaste.

[Missy_Pants]

Wouldn’t that be “trick or filk song” then?

[thekaz]

Nah… it actually happened here in CT.

Good news is, almost all of us (at least West Of The River) vaccinate.

[SteampunkBanana]

Sorry, I don’t have any carrot sticks for peanut allergic children, but here’s a regular stick I found!

[daneel]

Probably for the best. Carrot allergies are potentially fatal. I can’t believe this person would be so selfish.