One must be careful not to look like a mixed grill

Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill.

Noel Coward

Is this State sanctioned child abuse.  Where is the CPS when you need them. 

This is story crazy.  Especially knowing that ninety percent of pediatric melanoma cases occur in girls aged 10-19.  What's the harm in sunburn? The risk for melanoma doubles if they have had five or more sunburns.  www.skincancer.org/

On Tuesday, sisters Violet, 11, and Zoe, 9, came home from school with severe sunburns -- they were outside for 5 hours for field day and were not allowed to apply sunscreen because of a school policy,their mom posted on her blog.

"Two of my three children experienced significant sunburns. Like, hurts-to-look-at burns," Jesse Michener from Washington wrote. It was raining that morning, so Michener didn't apply sunscreen on her kids. But even if she had, the kids would have needed another coat once the sun came out (the AAP recommends applying sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15 every two hours). The girls weren't allowed to put any sun block on though, and the reason cited was school policy.

Tacoma Public School district spokesman Dan Voelpel told Yahoo! Shine that, according to statewide law, teachers are not allowed to apply sunscreen to students and students can only apply it to themselves if they have a doctor's note.

Mom was particularly outraged because her daughter Zoe has a form of Albinism. She said the school's staff was aware of her condition, and they still didn't make an exception.

www.huffingtonpost.com

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