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I find this policy of no sunscreen at school is ridiculous. Sunscreen is no more toxic than many other things found in schools. This is right up there with other zero tolerance bans such as "no peanuts or peanut products in the school" because one kid has a peanut allergy. No oranges or grapefruit in the schools because one kid has a citrus allergy. What about perfumes on girls, there are many perfumes that cause people to have allergy attacks. Kind of akin to no pop tart shaped guns. My daughter's closest friend that lives in our neighborhood has a sever peanut allergy. We've discussed the issue with her and her parents. They agree it would be ridiculous for the school to ban peanut products in the entire school because of her allergy. They've done a great job of informing the school and teaching their daughter to be on the lookout and be responsible for staying away from peanut products.


My very light complexioned daughter went to Fiesta Texas on a field trip with her grade. We lathered her up with 50 sport sunscreen before she went to school. She did not reapply as we told her to. The consequence was a significant sunburn on her face, neck and shoulders. She was scolded for not following instructions and being irresponsible. Now, if the school had not allowed her to apply the sunscreen, there would be heck to pay as I am 48 with light a complexion and I have already had to have several cancers removed as a result of sun exposure and poor decisions on my part.

There is a difference in being prudent with risk management and going overboard trying to eliminate all risk, which is impossible. This is another case of a lack of common sense in my opinion.