The End Of The Peanut Drama?

The peanut mommies, whose whole lives are wrapped up in making other people miserable because of their kids' food allergies, may be on the brink of their Waterloo. This article talks about a study showing there might be a way to fix their immuno-deficient spawn.

--In severely allergic children, a trace of peanut or smidgen of egg can trigger a deadly reaction. But new research by Duke physicians suggests a way out: feeding children gradually increasing amounts of the foods that sicken them.--

Yeah, I can hear the whining objections already. "My child is far too allergic for this to work."

Uh, no he's not. The peanut mommies are just addicted to the attention. "My child is SPECIAL! You have to accommodate him!!!" A moose has to wonder if these attention whores ever wish their kidlets were special in the GOOD way, instead of the "more annoying than that Barbie Girl song" way.

There's a bigger picture here, almost as big as my mondo moose-wang. If itty bitty smidgens of peanut can fix an allergy, by EXPOSURE to the "bad stuff," how come exposure to the "bad stuff" isn't considered an important part of raising a kid with a healthy immune system in the first place?

The more that the Boy In A Plastic Bubble mentality flourishes, the more sick young'uns there's going to be. It's only obvious. To me, anyway. How about to you?

So hey, Clean Freak Mommies. Do the world a favor. Let your kids get dirty. Let 'em be exposed to a germ or two. Don't raise them to be like Howard Hughes, except without the money, the cool airplanes, and the opportunity to put the wood to Hollywood starlets.

I'm not saying to feed them raw chicken or anything. That'd be just gross. But shit. Don't tell them there's danger in every mud-pie either. Because there isn't.