One of our local bloggers organized a playdate for parents living in my area whose children have food allergies. It was the perfect day for it! The weather was amazing (finally summer!). We met at a local park with our kids and had a great time sharing stories, getting to know one another and enjoying the morning outdoors. It was a bit hard to talk to adults for longer than 2 minutes at a time because my girls are soooooo active, but nonetheless I was able to have some meaningful conversations.I have identified what are my personal goals for my involvement with this group:
- Set up a local internet forum,
- Get in touch with educational programs for childcare providers and review their curriculum on allergies and anaphylaxis,
- Get in touch with the universities and suggest education about allergies and anaphylaxis be part of the curiculum for graduates of the education program (i.e. new teachers),
- Get involved with furthering allergy awareness by the general public,
- Have some fun!
2 comments:
I'm so sorry I missed it, but I think I would have been in the same boat -- my kids tend to run in opposite directions to each other when given a choice, so I probably wouldn't have had much time to talk either.
Hopefully it'll happen again soon!
What a nice day. It feels so good to be around parents that get it. I love your idea of talking to the college and allergy training!
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