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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.45652698[source]
There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything. Playing in the dirt, peanuts, other allergens. It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults. People assume babies are super fragile and delicate, and in many ways they are, but they also bounce back quickly.

Maybe part of it is a consequence of the risks of honey, which can actually spawn camp infants with botulism. But it seems that fear spread to everything.

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WillPostForFood ◴[] No.45652915[source]
It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults.

In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended not allowing your kids peanuts until they were 3 years old. It was just parents following doctor's (bad) advice.

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f1shy ◴[] No.45653012[source]
Not to confuse: peanuts cannot directly be eaten because of risk of choke, as infants cannot chew them. The advice is to add as ingredient, as e.g. peanut butter.
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1. monkey_monkey ◴[] No.45653894[source]
Unfortunately everyone will ignore this comment and continue to respond as if peanuts were advised against because of allergy risk.
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2. WillPostForFood ◴[] No.45657709[source]
They were advised against because of the allergy risk, not because of choking hazard. Are you a parent? No shit you don't give hard nuts to a baby with no teeth.