My Kid, The Allergy Tattoo Artist

I grew up with a typical Jewish mother. She wanted me to achieve great things, but she also worried--especially when she couldn't watch me.Most mothers are like that, especially with young kids who have allergies. While they can watch what their child can eat at home, they worry that other adults won't give allergic kids the attention they deserve.But there are ways to put a parent's mind at ease.Michele Welsh, a mother of three from Baltimore, created a unique company for kids with allergies. Called Safety Tat, the company sells colorful temporary tattoos or long-lasting write-on stickers that can be placed prominently on a child's arm, with notices such as "ALERT: NUT ALLERGY" or other allergy information.There are other companies that also produce products for allergic kids. An interesting article in newspaper USA today states that there are companies such as "Lauren's Hope (http://www.laurenshope.com/ ) creates metal and silicone medical alert bracelets for both boys and girls, and a company called Allermates (http://www.allermates.com/) offers allergy education tools, stickers, alert bracelets and other products for kids such as necklaces and T-shirts."The paper continues and says "more than 3 million youngsters have been diagnosed with food allergies, according to a 2012 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 200 deaths are reported a year.""Anything that can help educate the patient about their problem and continue to make them aware about it is helpful whether it's a temporary tattoo or a warning bracelet," says Stan Fineman, past president of the American College of Allergy, asthma and Immunology (http://wwe.acaai.org/Pages/default.aspx) and an allergist in Atlanta.