While most of us that are food allergy parents worry (and write about) issues like kids going to school, and birthday parties, and how to deal with issues in the classroom, Sloane tackles the emotional side of food allergies.
Sloane is a true powerhouse, but she wasn’t always. In Allergic Girl she writes about feeling left out and her own panic attacks and concerns about food safety when she was a teenager. She writes about having to deal with her food allergies when they were less prevalent than today, and feeling the need to hide her allergies when she met new people. She shares her own journey of empowerment and taking control over her food allergies. She shares the strategies she has developed for dealing with some key issues including:
- Dating (and kissing) with food allergies.
- How to deal with family members, friends, and others who just really don’t get it.
- Eating out (which she does quite often and quite successfully).
- And most importantly -- how to become your own best advocate and find allies along the way.
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