The whole "peanut-free" thing sort of cracks me up. Because then people will turn around and be like, "So here's some peanut-free cookies chock full of eggs! And a carton of milk! Drink up, kids!"

In the beginning I could kind of see their point at least when it comes to packing lunches. I mean we are talking about kindergartners and preschoolers here, which don't have the best judgment. I could totally see kids swapping parts of their lunch with each other at school when no one is looking.

But on the other hand, I know that there are at least as many, if not more kids in that school with egg and milk allergies, but there's no "egg-free" policy or a demand from those parents for vegan only cookies/lunches. Clearly they're not worried about kids clandestinely swapping food when the adults aren't looking.

I find it completely bizarre that my son can bring in an egg salad sandwich for lunch but not a peanut butter and jelly one. Our school even tried to get a milk program running this year, and the reason it failed wasn't because of objections about allergies, but because people (like me) didn't want to spend the extra money. Why the freakout over peanuts but not over other food allergies? I really don't get it.