Keeping the kids quiet during a weekly shopping trip isn’t easy, and lots of parents will use a little snack to keep them occupied.
But one mum was horrified when a complete stranger came up to her and criticised what she was feeding her daughter.
She had given her little girl a peanut butter and jam sandwich to munch on as she was browsing the aisles.
The mum, who lives in America, claims the woman gave her a lecture on allergies.
She was shocked and shared a message online asking what other people thought – and her story has sparked a huge debate with more than 540 comments.
She wrote: "Has it become unacceptable to eat peanut butter in public? DD was eating a pb&j at a store today, and a woman stopped me to lecture me about peanut allergies."
One user replied: "That’s really inconsiderate.
"So many kids have life threatening allergies to peanut butter. Eating it in a shopping cart GUARANTEES it will be smeared on the handle, etc.
"It’s really awful you would do this. Sorry, but imagine if it were your child with the allergy."
However, another thought it wasn’t the woman’s place to lecture her about allergies: "I don’t think you should have listened to the lady in Target. People have way too much nerve to approach a total stranger and give advice. People like that have nothing better to do."
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We spoke to an expert to work out just how dangerous this could really be.
Specialist paediatric dietitian Nicole Rothband told Mirror Online that while it’s reasonable to ban peanuts in closed environments like aircrafts where it is difficult to access emergency help, it is the person with the severe allergy who is responsible for protecting themselves.
"Anyone with a known severe peanut allergy, or any other severe allergy, should at all times be carrying with them an adrenaline autoinjector (aka an Epipen) to treat accidental exposure to peanut or other allergen.
"I don’t think it is reasonable to expect everyone to stop enjoying peanut in a public place to prevent allergy sufferers from accidental exposure.
"We now know that it is important to introduce potential allergenic foods especially peanut and egg early into the weaning diet and once it is introduced to continue to regularly eat these foods to reduce the risk of becoming allergic to them."
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