Sunburns are a Felony




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August 21, 2002
Sunburns are a Felony

A woman in Ohio was arrested and charged with felony child endangerment when her three children were sunburned at a county fair. She faces 15 years in jail.

As a mom who rarely has sunscreen with me, I'm very concerned about the implications of a charge like this. Was it perhaps cloudy when she left the house? Maybe since she was pushing the carriage - hence behind them - she didn't notice they were getting burned. Maybe she noticed, but there was no sunscreen at the fair. Yes, that's poor parenting, but is it really a felony?

It says the kids were treated with cold compresses - does that really warrant a hospital visit? It just seems like a huge overreaction to a case of poor judgement. Slap some Noxema on the kids, tell the mom to be more careful next time and spend some quality time looking for the mom at the fair who's smacking her kid around.

Posted by Tara at 11:36 AM
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I totally agree.the problem is, people take liberalism(or political correctness )too far.good parenting means giving your children the benefit of YOUR experience,without the interference of busybodys who obviously don't have time for kids of thier own.we are only human,we all make mistakes, to take it to the extreme,and punish every parent for every mistake is just silly,and chaos ensues.the line has to be drawn somewhere.

Posted by john at August 21, 2002 08:36 PM

If parents went to prison every time their children got sunburned, probably most of our parents would be jailbirds. People who abuse their children on purpose receive far less of a sentence than this mother. Furthermore, is the father being held for charges of endangerment too? He did trust the mother with the children. blah blah blah.

Posted by Christine at August 22, 2002 08:51 AM


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