The Glade 4.0

I am not going to trust a seven year old with what is litterally a life and death decision.

updated 3/3/2006 6:54:58 PM ET
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SAGUENAY, Quebec — A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy did not die from kissing her boyfriend following his snack of peanut butter, a Quebec coroner said Friday, countering a report that drew international attention last year.
Saguenay coroner Michel Miron said Christina Desforges died from another cause. However, he refused to disclose that, saying he first wanted to report to the provincial coroner’s office as well as examine more test results.
But Miron said he was speaking out now to head off an allergy association from using the case as an example.
“The Canadian Association of Food Allergies intended to use the Desforges case to launch an education campaign,” he said. “I had to tell them the cause of death was different than first believed.”
Miron wasn’t available on Friday to comment further on the circumstances of the teen’s death in this small city, about 155 miles north of Quebec City.
Christina Desforges died in a Quebec hospital in November. Reports at the time said doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to the kiss the previous weekend.
Miron also said the teen didn’t receive a shot of Adrenalin immediately after being kissed. It was reported the shot hadn’t penetrated her skin.
He said scientific journals had contacted him questioning the use of Adrenalin shot and how it’s injected.
But he said the teen didn’t use her syringe to give herself a shot of Adrenalin because she didn’t have an allergic reaction to peanut butter.

Taly, there ain't a heck of a lotta options in bum**** Mississippi.

You know, I have no problem with spanking, but I get rather uncomfortable at the idea of someone other than a family member spanking my (admittedly imaginary) child. That's a call that I wouldn't like to see made without my express permission.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

Oonagh, punching a child in the back with your fist 6 times in the middle of the street and going to the office to get one or two swats on the gluteous maximus for insubordinate behavior are hardly the same thing.

Then you would sign the piece of paper when you enroll your child that says " I do NOT give the school permission to use corporal punishment with my child."
That's ok.
And for the record, no one actually touches your child, it's done with a paddle.

Wow, this thread devolved fast.... Seems like a lot of threads regarding parental opinions/decisions have done so lately.

Even biological grandparents can get snipped at for butting in with opinions on the rearing of their grandkids.

Oh good, this must be the Taly shouts everyone down in every other post thread!

FarSky, the school gives you the option of signing a permission slip when you enroll your child that either approves or disapproves their use of corporal punishment on your child. Even if you approve, they still call you and ask for your permission before proceeding.