Nuts to you

Dear Scold,

Our daughter is about to start first grade and she has life threataning nut allergies. We have talked to the school and asked them to make our school a nut free zone, but the parent council and the school board both refuse to consider our pleas. What made me really mad was when the parent council singled her out in a newletter sent home to other parents. Now there kids are teasing her about her allergies to.

Upset mom in B.C.

Dear Upset Mom,

It is clearly unreasonable for the parent council and the school board to expect you to take responsibility for the health and the actions of your own child. What do they think this is, the Dark Ages?

Exposing your daughter to ridicule through the newsletter was especially hateful. Worse, this contravenes Section 7 (1.b.) of the B.C. Human Rights Code that states it is unlawful to publish information that, "is likely to expose a person or a group or class of persons to hatred or contempt." I would encourage you immediately file human rights complaints against both the parent council and the school board. Not only have their hateful acts exposed her to discrimination from her fellow students, but have most likely caused her significant mental anguish.

I urge you to file these complaints as quickly as possible.

Ta.

The Scold
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