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Old 05-03-2012, 12:18 AM
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I am unclear as to the law on this, but wouldn't a tanning booth maybe not allow a five year old to use their equipment? You'd have to wonder what kind of mother takes her kid tanning. Then again, I grew up with a mom who would use SPF 75 or higher on me...if it happened to be sunny in the winter. I'm still surprised didn't make me wear ski pants to the beach.
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:06 PM
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I am unclear as to the law on this, but wouldn't a tanning booth maybe not allow a five year old to use their equipment? You'd have to wonder what kind of mother takes her kid tanning. Then again, I grew up with a mom who would use SPF 75 or higher on me...if it happened to be sunny in the winter. I'm still surprised didn't make me wear ski pants to the beach.
According to the mother the daughter was in the same room as the tanning booth, she never got into the booth or tanned. I'm willing the give her the benefit of the doubt and say that this lady is getting a raw deal here. Yes, she may be a tanning freak but that doesn't mean she should be arrested and her kid taken away from her.
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:12 PM
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I'm willing the give her the benefit of the doubt and say that this lady is getting a raw deal here.
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:16 PM
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This woman looks like a casting reject from the original Planet of the Apes.
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:37 PM
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According to the mother the daughter was in the same room as the tanning booth, she never got into the booth or tanned. I'm willing the give her the benefit of the doubt and say that this lady is getting a raw deal here. Yes, she may be a tanning freak but that doesn't mean she should be arrested and her kid taken away from her.
It is not difficult to determine whether someone (a child in this instance) was in a tanning booth. If the child was only in the same room, and there is no excessive heat or anything to cause the child harm, I am sure they will get this cleared and taken care of. Tans are not difficult to detect and neither are the effects of tanning booths on the skin.

As for this woman's addiction, as with that show Strange Addictions, there are aspects of these addictions that can harm not only the addicted adults but also the children.
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:52 PM
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As for this woman's addiction, as with that show Strange Addictions, there are aspects of these addictions that can harm not only the addicted adults but also the children.
I understand your point but do you really think that she is unfit to be a parent because of her tanning addiction (being if she really is addicted to tanning and the kid is not being forced or encouraged to tan)? Shall we also pull kids out of homes where the parent is an alcoholic, shopaholic, smoker, gambler, promiscuous, an unhealthy eater, etc etc etc?

There is no such thing as a perfect parent so where do you draw the line?
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:56 PM
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I understand your point but do you really think that she is unfit to be a parent because of her tanning addiction (being if she really is addicted to tanning and the kid is not being forced or encouraged to tan)?
I would not know. I am not the one doing the investigation. The investigators will find whatever they find and determine whether her addiction poses a problem.
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Old 05-03-2012, 01:58 PM
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It is not difficult to determine whether someone (a child in this instance) was in a tanning booth. If the child was only in the same room, and there is no excessive heat or anything to cause the child harm, I am sure they will get this cleared and taken care of. Tans are not difficult to detect and neither are the effects of tanning booths on the skin.
The girl showed up at school with a sunburn. I'm thinking that mom's excessive tanning raised a red flag with the school staff...but from what I've heard, the investigation began due to the daughter's sunburn, not her presence at the tanning salon and whether she was in the bed or just in the room.
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Old 05-03-2012, 03:56 PM
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It's been a very long time since I have visited a tanning bed, but is it even safe for another person to be in the room while one is on?

Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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