POLL: Children in Tanning Salons?
A Nutley, NJ woman is charged after bringing her daughter to a tanning salon, where the 5-year old allegedly got a sunburn.
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Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley was charged with child endangerment after allegedly letting her 5 year-old daughter come into a tanning booth with her.
Krentcil's daughter told her school nurse she got a sunburn from tanning with her mother, prompting the school to call child services.
Krentcil maintains she and her daughter do visit the salon together, but the 5 year-old never enters a tanning booth. Krentcil said her daughter got a sunburn from helping in the garden on a nice weekend.
"The pediatrician said that she's got a little sunburn, but it was that only weekend we were out doing the gardening," Krentcil told ABC News.
Police allege Krentcil took her daughter unto the booth without tanning salon employees knowing.
According to The Star Ledger, Krentcil was taken to Camden County Jail on April 24, where she had an outstanding charge, and posted $25,000 bail. The incident allegedly occurred one week before the arrest.
As per NJ state law, children under the age of 14 are not permitted in any type of tanning booth. The name of the Nutley tanning salon has not been released, and has not been charged.
Jessw
12:28 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The tanning industry is frightening to me. We would ask that children don't smoke cigarettes, use drugs, or drink alcohol, but the idea that a parent would sign a waiver allowing a child under 18 (I believe the law allows at 14) to do something so dangerous is bewildering. It demonstrates what a vain, superficial culture we have. The minor benefits of the Vitamin D are certainly outweighed by the risk of cancer.
Just Chimmin inn
12:49 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
JESSW: If you go to Yahoo, they have a picture of the mother. Think she needs to stay out of the tanning salon as well. If people think that looks healthy and attractive.... Yeah okay, think again.
Just Chimmin inn
12:48 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
They say the tanning salons are not good for Adults, so I would imagine they would definitely not be good for a child. BUT I have to say I think Child Services does get a little crazy with things. I think the childs comment was taken out of context and she probably did get sunburn over the weekend. If I had to bring a young child to a salon, noway would I leave the kid alone in the waiting area...NOW that would be child endangerment.....
Peggy Devlin Blazewicz
9:30 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Addiction comes in many flavors! If Patricia Krentcil was not addicted to tanning I doubt we would have heard anything about her child's sunburn. Let's hope she learns she does not need to damage her skin.
Tom
12:27 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012
That lady looked burned. How can she think she looks good? She should be arrested , not for the kid, but for doing that to herself.
David
10:29 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tanning is not my cup of tea, but I think people should mind their own business. Juveniles have long used tanning salons, and if they have their parents consent, I don't see a problem with it. Keep in mind what a tanning ban will mean -- more teenagers tanning outside, which is more hamful than the tanning bed.
Sidney
3:21 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012
So, if a parent consents it's ok for a five year old to go into a tanning bed? That is ignorant.