Kids With Allergies Get Bullied

It's tough enough having to avoid products with peanuts and other ingredients as a kid with severe food allergies. It's tougher when someone at school waves a granola bar in your face at the peanut-free lunch table.

That's what happened in September 2012 to a Pennsylvania fifth-grader. The boy had experienced allergic reactions to merely touching peanuts or breathing peanut particles in the past, so the act of granola-waving was more serious than for other allergy sufferers.

This week, a look at the disturbing trend in children getting picked on for not being able to eat certain foods.

TTFN, Fred.

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Kids + Allergies = Bullied