Here's a list of posts that have received one or more comments this week:
- Christmas Gift Ideas, Triumphs, and Disasters
- Weekday Reflection: Letting Go
- Autistic Kids, Violent Adults
- Moms Are Never Off-Duty
- Does Mady Gosselin Need Discipline, or a Diagnosis?
- Another Head-Lice Treatment: Cetaphil
- Is Being Short a Disability?
- Peanut Allergy Imperils Heroine in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Wordless Wednesday: R-Word Campaign
- Is Your Child Accident-Prone?
- Reader Questions the Need for 504 Plans
- Site of the Day: Hershey's Virtual Pumpkin Decorator
- Adult With Asperger's Charged With Felony Assault
- Allergic Living's Chatelaine Article Protest
- Botox Helps Kids With CP (No, Not With Wrinkles)
Top comment-getter was the perennially popular Mady Gosselin post, and my personal pick for comment of the week is this one, left by commenter Mimi, offering her family's reaction to the allergy content in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: "We saw this movie over the weekend with our two boys, one of whom has a peanut allergy. I had no idea that peanut allergy was even mentioned in the movie and actually, considering that this movie was all about food, I thought it was great that it was included in it! While I agree that there should have been more emphasis on getting the Epipen to her faster, there were other aspects that I could tell that were deliberately included that I liked. For example, the fact that she had a reaction to peanut without actually eating it is an important for people to see. Most people think that as long as the child doesn't actually eat it, he or she is not at risk for reaction. I also liked how the Epipen actually looked like an Epipen and even had the name printed on it. Then it was injected properly right into her thigh through her jeans (as is should be). I am pleased that peanut allergy played a part in this movie about food and is simultaneously helping people be more aware."
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