To think an 11 year old shouldn't be responsible for....

[Sunburntnoseandears]

Putting their own sun screen on?

Boy has third degree burns from not having sunscreen on as insisted by his dm- blames him the entire article...
Hospitalised and likely scarred for life by seeing the pics....
IN HIS BLOODY BACK!!
Now unless their surname was Tickle, which it wasn't, how in His Lord's Name was he supposed to put it on??

Rant over!
Take some blame you stupid woman!!

Everyone needs help doing their back if exposed.

Fine to.expect them to top up their face neck and arms at break at school.

Day at the beach shirts off and swim wear on then everyone helps everyone do the bits they cant reach.

Your poor ds

What article?

My 13 years old puts his own sun cream on, but I do his back if he is shirtless. Common sense.

Article from ITV - Boy gets sunburn

He shouldn't have left the house without it, but one application wouldn't have been enough for the day.

So he would have burned anway.

He's learned his lesson the hard way.

I don't think she is to blame, you can't talk sense into some boys.

He refused to put it on and has now suffered the consequences. Bet he won’t ignore his mum next time.

No responsible parent allows an 11 year old to learn from natural consequences that include 3rd degree burns.

If a child that age refuses to apply sun block, they don't leave the house. He should not have been allowed to go to the beach at all without sunscreen on a day like that. Even with sunscreen, she should have limited his time there.

I got burnt like that when I was seven, my dad had to rip holes in my t shirt for the blisters to poke through, they were so huge. I remember how fucking painful it was and how ill I felt, and I still have scars and giant freckles there which I have to keep an eye on for the rest of my life.

This boys mother is guilty of negligence in my view. Sunburn is bloody dangerous

He was provided with high factor suncream and told to use it.
He had used it before, so it was hardly an alien concept.

Unless his mother was meant to follow him to the beach and renew his suncream every time he went in the water, I don't see how she is negligent.

And this is why UV protection rash vests exist.

She shouldn't have let him go at all without either suncream on or a rash vest.

As I read the article he went with friends, she wasn't present. She could have put as much sunscreen on him as she wanted in the morning before he left, but if he refused to take it with him (whether she knew he left without it or not!) or just didn't reapply whilst he was there I can't see how she can be blamed. She warned him, instructed him to use it and he in his own wisdom decided not to. Ergo his fault, not hers. Lesson learnt the hard way.

Well my 11 year old applies his own suncream, but I supervise and do his back etc. I also make him wear a rash vest.

However, if he goes off to football camp for the day or something, it's applied before he goes, but he's responsible for topping it up as I'm not there. I drum it into him how important it is, but if I'm not there what can I do? Luckily he's sensible and does use it.

I went abroad when I was 13 with a friend and her parents. I got horrifically sunburnt all over, I don't even remember my parents sending me with a bottle of cream, the friends parents certainly didn't apply any. I had no ideas of the dangers of the sun having never been abroad before.

I hate the adults involved for being so negligent.

I don't think she is to blame, you can't talk sense into some boys I’m sorry but this is such a bullshit remark to make.

Child is 13, She was the parent. No suncream on then he doesn’t go out 🤷🏻‍♀️ Common sense should of told the Mum he was going to sodding well burn that day without it, she fucked up majorly here

Also for the record you can’t talk sense to many teens but it has nothing to do with them being boys, it’s teens. You can however refuse to let them go out

She warned him, instructed him to use it and he in his own wisdom decided not to. Ergo his fault, not hers. Lesson learnt the hard way

I'm all for letting them.get wet if it's raining and they refuse to take a coat. Or missing a party cos they wont get out of bed. But this is potentially life changing.isnt this the point where you sit infront of the locked door and refuse to open it/let them out territory?

Take away x boxes , phones, or whatever if they dont come back in time or do as they are told.

I dont think this is a point I'd want made this way. It's a bit different to going hungry or getting a bit wet.

I get this with parents at work, I'll do nail surgery on a child's ingrowing toenail and the parents will come back in two weeks with the child in a right mess saying oh he didn't do his dressings properly when I have specifically said you need to do these dressings for him/her and having given them a lengthy tutorial.
I had to refer one lot to social services some years ago because they would not take responsibility for their childs post op care.
He's 11 for goodness sake.

Both my children are well trained in suncream application. The youngest is 6.

If something goes wrong though that's my (or whichever adult is looking after them) fault because whilst they know how to apply and when to apply they're kids. They get caught up in the moment and forget about boring sensible things.

To date the eldest has burnt slightly once when failing to re-apply on a school residential and the youngest burnt slightly last week because my MIL didn't think she'd need suncream in the shade and persuaded her she'd be fine

That's still two times too many but both girls learnt from it and neither liked the side effects (especially when I refused to take them to the beach because having sunburn means staying cool and hydrated)