I gotta agree fully with Mr JMRA here. If you have a concern or medical reason, or fear of having your child sunburned, then do whatever it takes to get the job done. If school required doctor note or prescription, so be it. Is it a pain is the rear? Sure. Is it unfair or overkill just to get sunscreen in the school? Maybe. But so what? My child comes first and I'm not letting something this simple get in the way of his health or prevent him from enjoying the field trip.jmra wrote:I listed a multitude of options that were available to the parent. She is the one who chose to put her child at risk by doing nothing.mamabearCali wrote:I have used many different types of sunscreen. One coating per day does it when the temp is 80 degrees and they will be playing at a place that is partially shaded, like a park. When it is 100+ (like it often is in TX) my family needs one coat in the morning, one coat at noon, one coat at 3 pm. If I just did the one coat in the morning two of my children would be lobsters by the end of the day.jmra wrote: Don't know what kind of sunscreen you are using but unless my kids are at a water park, a good coating in the morning will adequately protect them all day in the sun.
Regardless if it is a bad policy or not, the mom knew the rules and failed to take appropriate steps to protect her child. That's on her, not the school.
I can almost assure you that this schools policy was the result of a lawsuit filed by some other irresponsible parent that expected the school to protect their child from exposure to said sunscreen.
As I read the story the mom tried to protect her child. But the school policy gave her precious few options. It is a bad policy. It is a lazy policy. It is a policy for people who do not want to have to supervise children, but rather have a one size fits all perspective. I have taught in schools where we put sunscreen on three year olds everyday twice a day (kids unable to put it on themselves). It was a pain, but no one ever got sprayed in the face, and no one ever got fried.
I pay way to many taxes for public schools which I don't even use and I hope they get their bigger issues resolved before they waste more money worrying about sunscreen ethics.