bizzylizzy Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Does anyone have a really good suncream policy. We have had a regular issue with one of the mums refusing to put suncream on her child. The child is Afro Caribbean and the parents have been continuously arguing with us that their child doesn't need cream as they never burn. I explained that irrelavent of the child's colouring All children are capable of burning, has anyone else had this issue, if so how have you dealt with it and is there anything in your policies which cover this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 possibly - direct them to Cancer Research 'sunsmart'........having checked first that it covers this particular subject! :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzylizzy Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Thank you good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaD Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 No policies but the following links might give you some facts with which to arm yourself. http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/skin-cancer-and-skin-of-color - a us site but relevant http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5219752.stm - some years old but quite compelling For the record I'm black and used to think that way until I got sunburnt! It flaming well hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Last year we enrolled on the sunsafe for nurseries and pre-schools scheme. I have just updated our setting this year. It makes you think about how equipped you are for the summer in simple steps. It also provides a letter and sun safe information for all parents, a policy and downloadable resources. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 We had this issue a while back too - in the end we got mum to sign a disclaimer that she was aware of our policy and her responsibilities against it but didn't want sun cream applying...and the reason for her decision we made sure LO was out of the sun at peak times and popped a long sleeved top and cap on to give additional protection YY to the sunsafe accreditation - easy to do and really does get you thinking! http://www.sunsafeschools.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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