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Soon, kids will be allergic to crayons and glue and pencil lead...will schools ban those too? Jeez! There's got to be some common sense somewhere! One kid out of thousands may have an allergy, but several kids out of dozens can develop skin cancer over the years. This is just the world causing it's own demise with stupid rules based on worse case scenarios for the minority.
Dude, it's crazy, litigious parents who trigger stuff like this. All it takes is a couple of persistent nutballs who roar into school board meetings with guns blazing, squawking that so-and-so on the field trip bus wiped her personal sunblock on their child, thus exposing their child to horiffic allergens, germs, contamination, and how it's all the fault of negligent teachers not properly supervising students, and maybe they should sue, and you get administrators banning things wholesale to avoid the headaches.
Soon, kids will be allergic to crayons and glue and pencil lead...will schools ban those too? Jeez! There's got to be some common sense somewhere! One kid out of thousands may have an allergy, but several kids out of dozens can develop skin cancer over the years. This is just the world causing it's own demise with stupid rules based on worse case scenarios for the minority.
If a parent is so worried about skin cancer, they can use the non-allergy triggering sunblock instead. Which, incidentally, is better for preventing skin cancer too. The skin cancer argument is a non-starter because the sunblock that is banned is worse for preventing skin cancer anyway.
If a parent is so worried about skin cancer, they can use the non-allergy triggering sunblock instead. Which, incidentally, is better for preventing skin cancer too. The skin cancer argument is a non-starter because the sunblock that is banned is worse for preventing skin cancer anyway.
The article doesn't say that the good sunblock is allowed, so we don't know that it is.
The article states that some sunscreens are allowed and the ban is in place for allergies. It does not specifically say that physical blocker sunscreens are the ones allowed, but it seems pretty they are not allowed given those two parts.
Dude, it's crazy, litigious parents who trigger stuff like this. All it takes is a couple of persistent nutballs who roar into school board meetings with guns blazing, squawking that so-and-so on the field trip bus wiped her personal sunblock on their child, thus exposing their child to horiffic allergens, germs, contamination, and how it's all the fault of negligent teachers not properly supervising students, and maybe they should sue, and you get administrators banning things wholesale to avoid the headaches.
Yes, it is crazy. My district had a ban on glitter after a parent won a lawsuit about it.
We also had a ban on making gingerbread houses because of one parent who went to the school board about it. The children planned their house and built it. We incorporated math, writing, and reading into the unit. We took into account allergies and conditions like diabetes or ADHD. Everyone was able to participate and it was wonderful. One parent disagreed, even though Texas allows 2 non nutritive treats during the school year. Oh well!
Last edited by Meyerland; 06-15-2014 at 07:01 PM..
You keep talking about how much time they spend on the bus and not outside, but the bus does not provide protection from the sun.
Do you use sunscreen in the car every day? Do your kids apply sunscreen multiple times throughout the regular school day?
If your children need that much sun protection, then if am sure they can apply it in the nurses office. We always have a nurses aide along on trips, so they could supervise your child applying the sunscreen. You would probably have to have a doctors note. That's all it would take.
It's not the same allergy. A peanut allergy will not give you a sunscreen allergy. But if you have a sunscreen allergy, the reaction is similar to the reaction from a peanut allergy.
As someone who has had to use an epipen two times on a student who was having an allergic reaction, I take allergies very seriously. The first injection worked, but the ambulance took too long and it had to be used again. Thank goodness it was a double epipen.
The solution is pretty easy. Either have indoor field trips or have a doctor's note to use sunscreen. Also, there are always children who don't go on the field trip for personal reasons, and they always have an alternative educational placement for the day. Some parents request a day working in the library, mentoring the grade beneath, or attending classes with a sibling.
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