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Date: | Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:21:02 -0500 |
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Dear Debbie;
I can sympathize with you completely. I have a 4 year old son with anaphylactic
symptoms and have had to deal with quite a bit myself. Luckily I have been able
to do all of the explaining concerning his allergies and asthma myself. Fortunately his
pre-school teachers and the director of the pre-school are very educated in the
allergy and asthma field. That's helpful!
As far as your question, whether a child should know the whole truth about their
allergies and how old they should be... I think that should always be the decision
of the parents. No one knows your children like you do. My son does understand
that a severe reaction could result in death. I don't recall the exact conversation at
the time, but it happened when a family member passed away and he had a lot of
questions concerning death. It all depends on the child, I guess. My son is a conversationalist,
so we are able to talk about a whole lot of things, that maybe other children may not
quite comprehend. He is not at all scared of the idea of his allergies causing death...
maybe just a bit more cautious.
Kelly
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