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Chapter 14
Bullying
Introduction
As you probably know, bullying can come in many forms and happen for many reasons. As an allergic kid or teen, you may have experienced bullying due to your food allergies (whether in the form of teasing or more serious harassment). It can be very difficult to stand up to bullying and to make it stop. But we hope that, in this chapter, you’ll see that many other teens have experienced it and that you’ll find some good advice about how to deal with it.
There are a few reasons why bullying due to food allergies may occur. Maybe the bully is channelling frustration about something they can't control. An example of this would be if someone blames your allergies and, ultimately you, as the reason why they can't bring peanut butter – or another food - to school.
