Content to Encourage & Educate

With compassion, kindness, and some laughter along the way

Hillary Mathis

An Ice Cream Social For Everyone—allergies or not

A food allergy mom gets proactive and creative to make a school ice cream social a smile bringer for every student — dairy allergy or not!

Gayle Rigione, Allergy Force

Halloween Trick-or-Treat Strategies

Tracking down treats by moonlight is all part of Halloween fun. With food allergies, less so. Workaround the worries with these strategies.

Gayle Rigione, Allergy Force

Allergy Mom Diary: A Birthday Party 'Oops'

A preschool food allergy mom learns an awkward (but important) lesson when her allergy-friendly cupcake offering upstages THE birthday cake.

Piyanetra Gomolvilas

A Preschool Win for Food Allergies (and the birds)

A preschool food allergy mom shares how working with her son's teacher made a craft project a win for food allergies (and the birds)...

Gayle Rigione, Allergy Force

The Peanut-free Table—yes or no?

When the school nurse suggested the peanut-free table for my food allergic Kindergartner I jumped and said 'YES'! I should have said 'NO'...

Lauren Foti

The Allergy Mom Diaries: The 1st Pizza Party

My son had his 1st “pizza party”. He’s 6. You’re probably thinking, “that’s crazy!” but he's off-the-charts-airborne-allergic to dairy...

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