I am staring down the last day of surf camp for my little ones, and today is “fiesta Friday”, which, in essence, is an excuse to bring treats and snacks for the whole group. In my experience, such as it is, these things either go swimmingly, or everyone brings leftover chips and salsa from their parents pantry and the whole event us kindof milquetoast.

It occurred to me this time that I hadn’t received any “allergy warnings”, notes from the teacher letting us know, for example, if anyone in the class had peanut allergies, or an allergy to soy or eggs, or whatever. In fact, it’s occurred to me that *none* of the sports camps my kids have participated in this year have delivered any such warning.

I’m a little at a loss here, I’m just coming out of the “preschool”

phase, and the coop i take my kids to is excruciatingly concious of these kinds of things, to the point where certain substances are not even available to adults, for fear of accidental exposure.

So are these kids not being permitted to attend these kinds of camps at all? Or is the ratio of kids with potentially lethal allergies lower here in So Cal than up in No Cal? I can’t help but wonder why and how this difference on demographic is occurring, and I can’t help but be annoyed with parents who might be crippling their kids further by *not* letting them participate in camps and other activities out of fear.