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The weather is getting warmer. The days are getting longer. Schools are wrapping up their program year. Summer is here, and you have the burgeoning social calendar to prove it. There are barbecues and picnics and graduation celebrations, not to mention the assortment of birthday parties and family get-togethers. As fun as all this friend-and-family-time can be, there’s also a layer of stress for the food-allergic family. Will there be safe food? What if Great Aunt Edna decides to lavish hugs and kisses on my toddler after eating a slice of her famous cheesecake? How do I handle the disappointment...

Your child was just diagnosed with a food allergy, or maybe it was your child’s friend, or your sister, or maybe it’s you. Regardless, someone you care about has entered this world where the wrong thing on their plate could kill them. That’s scary, right? You’re going to want to help keep this special person safe, but where do you start? You’ll need to get a handle on a lot of information from how (and when) to use an autoinjector of epinephrine to what precautions this person needs to be safe out in the world. Yes, the volume of information...

You’ve got this allergy thing down pat. You’ve gotten good at scanning labels in the supermarket to make sure the cereal you’re about to toss in the cart is nut-free. You’ve learned that sometimes milk shows up in things like hot dogs – a good reminder to check packaged foods even if you think they’re safe. You remember that sometimes companies change their processes or their recipes and so you check the label on that old reliable go-to snack just in case it now contains egg. You do deserve a pat on the back. This allergy stuff can be tough...

Your child has just settled down at a picnic table to eat her peanut butter sandwich, a side of powder cheese covered snacks, and a cup of that yummy almond milk you’ve recently discovered.  There’s a mother on the other side of the picnic area eyeing your kid warily. You glance her way and wonder if she’s silently judging the lack of carrot sticks in your child’s lunch bag. What you don’t realize is this: Yes, she’s taking stock of what your kid is eating, but not because she’s secretly rating your nutritional choices. Her young child has several food...