I have to agree about the sudden pandemic of allergies. It makes me truly wonder, how we humans have managed to survive over the ages.
In the U.S., a child is no longer allowed to bring a peanutbutter & jelly sandwich to school, because it's proximity to children with allergies is a cause for concern. Interestingly enough, shortly after the PBJ sandwich was banned, it also became labelled as "racist" for some odd reason, so they are virtually non-existant now.
I honestly can't think of any of my friends in grade school that had any allergies except for this one girl, who was allergic to strawberries...but that's about it.
When we were kids, we climbed on stuff, we fell out of stuff, we got dirty, we got soaking wet, we chased (and caught) bugs, snakes, lizards and everything else. We ate sugary things, we ate things with glutin, we ate nuts and anything else under the sun. We played games and some of us won and some of us lost. We played cops and robbers, cowboys and indians.
Amazingly enough, none of us suffered from bacteria infections, exposure to the elements, allergic reactions or irreparable psychological damage when we lost a game or someone pointed a finger at us and went "bang!"
It's shameful to see what's become of today's society, to be honest.
