I'm Jane Meagher, creator of Protect Your My Child From Life-Threatening Food Allergies, an innovative and comprehensive video learning system for parents of food-allergic children, and I’m a parent, just like you, of a child with severe food allergies. Here's a few quick and helpful tips to help you protect your child from the everyday dangers of food allergies. Here's some helpful hints for food allergy safety at school and avoiding allergens in the classroom. Request that food is not used as rewards. Teachers often hand out candy throughout the day or week as rewards for desired behavior or accomplishments. Suggest the use of stickers or other trinkets instead. Special events, celebrations an dparties often involve food so request advance notice so you have time to plan ahead and to request to speak with whoever is buying the food for the party. Work with them to select safe foods and/or also make sure food ingredient labels will be available so they can be checked the day of the party. Provide a box of safe treats for your child to have at birthday parties and other special events involving food at school. Each year, before school started, my daughter and I would prepare a box of special treats for her to keep in the classroom. We put it in a large, clear, plastic container with her name in big letters, and filled it with special peanut-free and tree-nut-free treats she didn't otherwise have at home. Request that food is not used in classroom projects and activities. Typical examples might be using nuts in a counting project, using milk or egg cartons in a craft project, or peanut butter to make bird feeders. Even science experiments might involve food. I'd love to give you 10 things to do to help your child have a safe ride on the schoolbus and then a personal story sharing the evolution of various creative solutions we devised over the years, and how we worked with the school to comply with their rules at each age, but to make sure my daughter always had access to her life-saving medicine on the school bus. Actually, I'm giving away a total of FIVE 8-10 minute videos absolutely free. These videos will teach you: *10 important ways your child can eat out safely at restaurants and fast food establishments *10 critical things your child needs to know about his/her food allergies *How to handle food allergy challenges at school *12 ways to avoid danger at extra-curricular activities *My top 10 rules for accurately reading food ingredient labels to make sure the food you give your child is safe (and a free downloadable copy of these rules!) I'm doing this in celebration of the release of my Protect Your Child From Life-Threatening Food Allergies system, and I hope that parents everywhere will benefit from these free videos. The videos will be available for a limited time by going to www.mychildhasafoodallergy.com/free. Please take just 10 minutes a day over 5 days to watch these free videos that will help you do more to keep your child safe. I wish you and your family health, happiness, and safety.
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