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Resistance & Reasoning--a terrible mix Days 73-113

It's been a while, but I'm back to share some things I've learned on my year long documented journey as a parent of a child with a life threatening food allergy to milk proteins.  I truly do not understand why there is resistance to learning about food allergies. If someone were to tell you that your x-y-z could harm them, or their child, why wouldn't you stop? When I was a kid the x-y-z was smoking. Second hand smoke itself was proven to be bad for us so the smoking public resisted changing and defended their right to smoke, while the non-smokers reasonably defended their right to breathe. Inevitably, the well being of all prevailed by limiting smoking opportunities in public areas that could negatively affect others.  The difference is we aren't talking about possibly getting cancer later in life from another's actions, we're talking about going into anaphylactic shock in 5 minutes because of another's action. I completely understand the unaware indi