Monday, June 25, 2012

When Common Sense Isn't Common

A sunscreen ban which, surprisingly, actually affects 49 states, is being challenged after two children were severely burned at a school event. The kids, one of which suffers from a form of albinism, came home with burns that included welts and blisters, and the mom decided that she had had enough...
http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/25/12397171-mom-challenges-school-sunscreen-ban-after-daughters-are-severely-burned?lite

Now, if you read the ban, it's a little easier to understand. They don't want teachers rubbing sunscreen on kids for obvious reasons (Sandusky anyone?) and they don't want kids rubbing it on each other...but then there's a part where even the kid can't put sunscreen on themselves without a note from a doctor. OFFICIALLY sunscreen is an OTC drug and needs regulation...but come on...are we this stupid and worthless with our own responsibility that schools need to ban sunscreen?

I'd also like to ad that I believe over-reaching and general policies like this are put in place for a reason...and it's because parents will sue schools for pretty much anything. I understand that the rule is probably simply there to protect the school against parents who will blame the school for any idiotic thing their kids do...and that's not OK either. The fact that sunscreen is banned is ridiculous...but the fact that it needed to be included in a policy like this is just proof of how ridiculous the people school's deal with are. If only we could all just be responsible.

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