Sweet treats are great, but not everyone can have them. Because of food allergies, people can’t have chocolate, caramel, and other ingredients that are staples in baked goods. In the UK, the number of people who have food allergies has doubled since 2008, and around 4% of children have a “probable” allergy.
Schools have to implement rules to make sure that every child is safe, and this mom learned that the hard way. After spending almost six hours on cupcakes, she was told the son can’t bring them to school for his birthday. This sparked a debate about whether the school was right or should’ve been more lenient – it’s just cupcakes after all.
A mom spent almost six hours making cupcakes for her son’s birthday at school
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But the school forbade him from sharing it with classmates because of food allergy concerns
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The son has just started a new school, so the mom wasn’t familiar with their rules: “I didn’t think to check”
Commenters informed the mom that this is common practice in most schools: “I’m a little surprised that in 2025 anyone would do this”
In the end, the teachers changed their minds and decided to hand out the cupcakes to children
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