Comments on: Sunscreen and childhood obesity http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/ Searching for wisdom by exposing my own ignorance Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Morag http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-340 Morag Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:14:25 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-340 <p>Interesting theory but I'll go further . . . what about all the "rules" kids must follow to play these days? They can't skate or bike without a helmet. We no longer have a school rink because we couldn't/wouldn't police the 'must have a helmet on the ice surface' rule. I survived shinny at every recess for a few years without a helmet. Now I realize bike helmets are a bit more serious, as I had a friend who was badly injured and eventually died due to a head injury, but we still seem to have way more rules that hinder outdoor pursuits. Just my 2 cents.</p> Interesting theory but I’ll go further . . . what about all the “rules” kids must follow to play these days? They can’t skate or bike without a helmet. We no longer have a school rink because we couldn’t/wouldn’t police the ‘must have a helmet on the ice surface’ rule. I survived shinny at every recess for a few years without a helmet. Now I realize bike helmets are a bit more serious, as I had a friend who was badly injured and eventually died due to a head injury, but we still seem to have way more rules that hinder outdoor pursuits. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Morag http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-343 Morag Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:14:25 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-343 <p>Interesting theory but I'll go further . . . what about all the "rules" kids must follow to play these days? They can't skate or bike without a helmet. We no longer have a school rink because we couldn't/wouldn't police the 'must have a helmet on the ice surface' rule. I survived shinny at every recess for a few years without a helmet. Now I realize bike helmets are a bit more serious, as I had a friend who was badly injured and eventually died due to a head injury, but we still seem to have way more rules that hinder outdoor pursuits. Just my 2 cents.</p> Interesting theory but I’ll go further . . . what about all the “rules” kids must follow to play these days? They can’t skate or bike without a helmet. We no longer have a school rink because we couldn’t/wouldn’t police the ‘must have a helmet on the ice surface’ rule. I survived shinny at every recess for a few years without a helmet. Now I realize bike helmets are a bit more serious, as I had a friend who was badly injured and eventually died due to a head injury, but we still seem to have way more rules that hinder outdoor pursuits. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Jen http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-341 Jen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:35 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-341 <p>I agree!</p> I agree!

]]> By: Jen http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-344 Jen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:35 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-344 <p>I agree!</p> I agree!

]]> By: Debbie Schinker http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-339 Debbie Schinker Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:15 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-339 <p>I am SO with you on this! I hate sunscreen. Always have. Yep, I've been burned - and badly - as a child, mostly because I would be sneaky about whether or not I was wearing sunscreen or resist attempts to put it on me again.</p> <p>My kids only wear sunscreen to swim - and they've learned to apply it themselves. When they go out to play - which they do often - they are running in and out of the shade and the house. They've never gotten burned. I avoid sunscreen using your same technique - monitor time in the sun and run to the shade every so often.</p> I am SO with you on this! I hate sunscreen. Always have. Yep, I’ve been burned – and badly – as a child, mostly because I would be sneaky about whether or not I was wearing sunscreen or resist attempts to put it on me again.

My kids only wear sunscreen to swim – and they’ve learned to apply it themselves. When they go out to play – which they do often – they are running in and out of the shade and the house. They’ve never gotten burned. I avoid sunscreen using your same technique – monitor time in the sun and run to the shade every so often.

]]> By: Debbie Schinker http://robwall.ca/2008/08/25/sunscreen-and-childhood-obesity/#comment-342 Debbie Schinker Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:15 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=50#comment-342 <p>I am SO with you on this! I hate sunscreen. Always have. Yep, I've been burned - and badly - as a child, mostly because I would be sneaky about whether or not I was wearing sunscreen or resist attempts to put it on me again.</p> <p>My kids only wear sunscreen to swim - and they've learned to apply it themselves. When they go out to play - which they do often - they are running in and out of the shade and the house. They've never gotten burned. I avoid sunscreen using your same technique - monitor time in the sun and run to the shade every so often.</p> I am SO with you on this! I hate sunscreen. Always have. Yep, I’ve been burned – and badly – as a child, mostly because I would be sneaky about whether or not I was wearing sunscreen or resist attempts to put it on me again.

My kids only wear sunscreen to swim – and they’ve learned to apply it themselves. When they go out to play – which they do often – they are running in and out of the shade and the house. They’ve never gotten burned. I avoid sunscreen using your same technique – monitor time in the sun and run to the shade every so often.

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