Mom feeds child PB&J in a Target shopping cart, people get upset
by Michelle Stein posted in Parenting
It's common for schools and daycare centers to have nut-free policies. But what about public spaces frequented by children"
Even if it's technically not a nut-free zone, should people avoid walking around while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a common courtesy"
That's exactly what people are debating after a mom was told off by a stranger for allowing her daughter to eat PB&J while in a shopping cart at Target. The mom recently posted about the encounter on UrbanBaby, writing, "Has it become unacceptable to eat peanut butter in public" DD was eating a pb&j at a store today, and a woman stopped me to lecture me about peanut allergies."
And honestly, the reactions seem pretty mixed.
Some commenters clearly sided with the stranger who gave this mom an impromptu lecture.
"That's really inconsiderate," one person wrote. "So many kids have life threatening allergies to peanut butter. Eating it in a shopping cart GUARANTEES it will be smeared on the handle, etc. Its really awful you would do this. Sorry, but imagine if it were your child with the allergy."
Another commenter chimed in with, "That's actually kind of lousy of you. you are aware that kids with peanut allergies exist in the world, so it's kind of a D move to let your kid smear peanut butter all over the child seat of a public cart." (For the record, the original poster eventually clarified, "There ...
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