It’s summertime! What’s that mean for parents and kids? Well, it probably means more time outdoors and the typical child loves to be outside whenever the sun is shining, sometimes even when it isn’t. Here are a few sun safety tips you should probably tell or at least teach your child.
1 Don’t use old bottles of sunscreen. Believe it or not that old bottle from last year is bad for you, it no longer contains everything in it needed to protect your skin. In a way it is more like putting lotion on now.
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 With the warmer weather leading us into summer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), quilters and their families likely will be outside more.  That generally means more exposure to the sun and the need for sunblock.
Scott Warthon, at b5’s Health and Men, has some great information about Understanding Sun Protection Factor or SPF .  This helps us understand why and how the different levels of SPF work as they do.  He also has posted a chart giving us information regarding which SPF to use with which skin type.
(Scott learned the hard way…he got a sunburn!  See This is Why You Should Wear Sunblock)
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