Comment helicopter parents? (Score 1) 164
Instead of avoiding the allergen, the treatment is designed to reprogram the immune system's response to peanuts and eventually develop a tolerance.
I can't help but think part of the whole 'peanut allergy' thing has to do with helicopter parents who micromanage their child's comfort beyond all rationality.
For parents like this (helicopter parents isn't the best term, can't think of a better one now), a doctor telling them their kid *cannot* have a single peanut is almost like crack to them. It gives them an outlet for their OCD: Guard child against deadly peanuts.
To these parents, the idea of sensitizing their kid over time is anathema..."I will not slowly poison my child!" I guess the only way to really see what I mean is to hop over to some of those "parenting" message boards about peanut allergy...