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Kristen Hagopian Show - 09 03 25

September 3, 2025·36 min·3 clips

One in ten Americans has a rare disease, yet 95% have no treatment options.

Back-to-school season gets complicated quickly when food allergies are part of the routine. Kristen opens by naming something many parents recognize, especially parents like her who grew up seeing fewer obvious allergies around school. Christine keeps the conversation useful and calm. She starts with inclusion, but she does not stop there. Colin has to handle more on his own now. Christine cannot be beside him every minute, so the goal is to help him notice risk, speak up, and still feel like part of the class. Food shows up in more places than lunch. Projects, snacks, birthdays, and sports events can all put a child with allergies in a tricky spot. The practical win is a school setup that includes the child while helping them build the skills adults cannot fully manage for them. Parents have their own checklist, too. Christine points to school policies, nurses, and administrators as part of the real back-to-school work. Kristen also asks what parents without food-allergic kids can do, which keeps the segment from feeling like one family's problem. The wider classroom community matters, including the gentle conversations with the cupcake moms. Christine also mentions the 2024 CDC expert recommendations on food allergy management in schools, a checklist-style resource she did not have when Colin was in elementary school. The advice lands plainly: make school safer, help the child grow more confident, and stop acting like food allergies only happen at lunchtime.

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Back-to-school allergy advice that reads like a practical checklist, not a lecture.

Kristen Agofian frames a September back-to-school conversation around food allergies, school routines, and the planning that helps kids stay included and confident.

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You need a calmer way to handle school-year food allergies and back-to-school logistics.

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