Tanning Beds: Do Your Kids/Teens Use Them?
May 5, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Family, Parenting
This morning, I read a very sad story about Kelly Thompson. She’s only a 10-year-old little girl but suffered burns over 70% of her body after using….brace yourselves parents this may shock you….a tanning bed. She was actually in a tanning bed for 16 minutes, unsupervised. The BCC is reporting that there was no one staffed there when she entered.
“She was under-age but there was no staff there to stop her from using it. And there was no-one to give advice on using these potentially dangerous machines.”
This was one very lucky girl, even if she did get burned. Doctors said …read more




