Sunscreen

[Wonderwiper]

When I was a child....there was no such thing as sunscreen. The push for sunscreen is so big now because people my age now have skin cancer.

Smoking used to be cool. Now we know it causes cancer.

[Fun&care]

I guess I am just one of those people who doesn't believe that sunshine=cancer. We have been living under the sun for thousands of years now. It makes no sense that suddenly we get skin cancer from something we have been exposed to for eons.

And like I said, I NEVER put sunscreen on my kids unless its REALLY necessary. They have NEVER had a sunburn, ever. I dress them in clothing that protects their skin, they wear rash guards when swimming in the summer, hats are on at all times and they know to play in the shade as much as possible.

I don't feel comfortable slathering my kids in something I consider chemical soup. And I could go on and on about side effects of sunscreen such as the fact it is killing coral reefs because of the scuba diving etc....

[sunnydays]

I guess I am just one of those people who doesn't believe that sunshine=cancer. We have been living under the sun for thousands of years now. It makes no sense that suddenly we get skin cancer from something we have been exposed to for eons.

And like I said, I NEVER put sunscreen on my kids unless its REALLY necessary. They have NEVER had a sunburn, ever. I dress them in clothing that protects their skin, they wear rash guards when swimming in the summer, hats are on at all times and they know to play in the shade as much as possible.

I don't feel comfortable slathering my kids in something I consider chemical soup. And I could go on and on about side effects of sunscreen such as the fact it is killing coral reefs because of the scuba diving etc....

I am the same, but my kids are dark skinned, so they never burn. I put sunscreen on them if we will be out for prolongued amount of time or at the hottest part of the day etc (I use Green Beaver). But with other people's kids, I am much more worried...all the kids in my care are so fair skinned and I don't want a burn to happen on my watch! I also make sure they all keep their hats on no matter how many thousand times I have to put them back on