Following this article http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-told-against-law-cut-10859902
This incident happened local to me so naturally it popped up on a few "mummy sites" - unsurprisingly it caused quite a debate.
I'm all for the grape being sliced when served to children. It's a danger food, high risk choke factor and it should be highlighted as such.
If it has to be served to children in a nursery/school it should be sliced, at a play centre I agree it should be sliced. Or not served at all if people want to be safe...
But then I've read the comments such as
"Tesco shouldn't sell unsliced grapes"
"My daughter robbed a unsliced grape off my plate at a restaurant- it should of been sliced, she could of died"
I got a little bit of stick for disagreeing with those last comments. I still think that it's a parents job to police the grapes served up in restaurants or other places where grapes are lurking...
If my two year old runs off in Tesco and eats a cheeky grape and chokes, it's not tescos responsibility, it's mine. I'm the parent!
Honestly some parents are so freaked out about grapes they are calling for grapes world wide to be pre sliced EVERYWHERE. Some want it illegal to serve unsliced grapes....Say whaaaatt?
What happened to parenting your own children and not relying on other people to do it?
I don't think "Grape Gate" is over....
It's health and safety gone wild.
**please note these views do not cover nurseries,schools or places purely aimed at children**
Thanks a bunch for reading 
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