Woman Takes 5-year-old Daughter Tanning.

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**Chowderhead**

A New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing the girl to suffer burns.

But 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil, who was charged with second-degree child endangerment, said her daughter was never exposed to the tanning booth's UV rays and instead got slightly sunburned while playing outside on a warm day.

The girl's father told NBC 4 New York his daughter told classmates at school that she "went tanning with Mommy." He thinks a teacher overheard, inaccurately connected the girl's sunburn to the tanning salon trip and contacted police.

"This whole big thing happened, and everyone got involved," said Rich Krentcil. "It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned. That's it. That's all that happened."

Patricia Krentcil said she treats her tanning salon trips as an errand in which she brings along her daughter, but insists the booth lights were never exposed to the girl.

"It's like taking your daughter to go food shopping," she told NBC 4 New York at her Nutley, N.J. home after being released on $25,000 bail. "There's tons of moms that bring their children in."

"I tan, she doesn't tan," she continued. "I'm in the booth, she's in the room. That's all there is to it."

The incident happened over a week ago, but there did not appear to be any burns on the little girl Tuesday.

Patricia Krentcil said she's been visiting her local salon for more than 10 years, and doesn't know why her visits there with her daughter have suddenly been called into question.

In New Jersey, children under 14 are not allowed to tan at indoor salons, while those 14 to 17 years old may do so with signed parental consent.

"My daughter's a beautiful girl who loves school, who had to go through this, and I think it's traumatizing for a little girl who did nothing wrong but got a little sunburned," Krentcil said.

She is expected to appear in court Wednesday and hopes to convince the judge it was all a misunderstanding.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11500434-new-jersey-mom-arrested-after-allegedly-taking-daughter-5-into-tanning-booth?lite

I'm more worried that the mother looks like an orangutan...

**purplefood**

This story highlights the importance of sun cream...

**Clthomps**

purplefood wrote:This story highlights the importance of sun cream...

No it highlights the importance of eugenics.

**purplefood**

Clthomps wrote:
purplefood wrote:This story highlights the importance of sun cream...

No it highlights the importance of eugenics.

Eugenics isn't particularly important though...
Sun cream is unless you want to get burned...

**SlaveToDorkness**

Holy feth it's Dr. Zaius!

Eugenics is VERY important.

Only in Jersey.

"I say we nuke it from orbit..."

**unmercifulconker**

Hey, tanning is serious business, going for gold means starting at an early age, bronze just aint good enough (neither is silver)

**MrDwhitey**

Oh my. To quote Redletter

Whats wrong with your face?

I feel for those who suffer from acid attacks and stuff, but to do that to yourself?

**Chowderhead**

MrDwhitey wrote:Oh my. To quote Redletter

Whats wrong with your face?

I feel for those who suffer from acid attacks and stuff, but to do that to yourself?

Welcome to Tanning.

It's a scary place.

**SlaveToDorkness**

unmercifulconker wrote:Hey, tanning is serious business, going for gold means starting at an early age, bronze just aint good enough (neither is silver)

I think she won Leather.

**Coolyo294**

She looks like a piece of beef jerky.

**Melissia**

It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned

Wait... wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.... you can get... sunburned... at 85 degrees?

**Chowderhead**

Melissia wrote:
It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned

Wait... wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.... you can get... sunburned... at 85 degrees?

You can get sunburned Skiing.

85 degrees is hot as hell up here in Massachusetts.

**Melissia**

Chowderhead wrote:
Melissia wrote:
It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned

Wait... wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.... you can get... sunburned... at 85 degrees?

You can get sunburned Skiing.

85 degrees is hot as hell up here in Massachusetts.

85 degrees is a cool spring breeze

**biccat**

Chowderhead wrote:You can get sunburned Skiing.

Wind burn is a more likely suspect.

I've gotten sunburn when it was 55 degrees and overcast.

**purplefood**

biccat wrote:
Chowderhead wrote:You can get sunburned Skiing.

Wind burn is a more likely suspect.

I've gotten sunburn when it was 55 degrees and overcast.

Isn't windburn basically sunburn?

**Lone Cat**

1. This is how Common Law system works. Can't imagine how will this case be in the environment of french-style civil law.
2. And p'rhaps one of the jury was a doctor specialized in the fields of children skin science (sh... I don't really figure out how romans call this science mew!)

**Chowderhead**

biccat wrote:
Chowderhead wrote:You can get sunburned Skiing.

Wind burn is a more likely suspect.

I've gotten sunburn when it was 55 degrees and overcast.

Actually, you can get a sunburn Skiing. The light coming down off of the sun and the light reflecting off the snow can burn you.

**biccat**

purplefood wrote:
biccat wrote:
Chowderhead wrote:You can get sunburned Skiing.

Wind burn is a more likely suspect.

I've gotten sunburn when it was 55 degrees and overcast.

Isn't windburn basically sunburn?

I always thought it was due to the abrasion of the wind.

From Wikipedia:
"Windburn is a common term for sunburn accelerated by the effects of wind removing the UV-filtering thin layer of lipids[1] from the skin and irritation caused by the wind. Although colloquially named 'windburn', scientists discovered that the condition is, in fact, the result of sun exposure[2], and not simply the result of exposure to the wind. Thus treatment and prevention of windburn and sunburn are basically identical."

Learn something new every day.

**purplefood**

Chowderhead wrote:
biccat wrote:
Chowderhead wrote:You can get sunburned Skiing.

Wind burn is a more likely suspect.

I've gotten sunburn when it was 55 degrees and overcast.

Actually, you can get a sunburn Skiing. The light coming down off of the sun and the light reflecting off the snow can burn you.

So we have:
sunburn
Windburn
Snowburn

What doesn't burn you these days?

**MrDwhitey**

Fire!

**Ahtman**

Sunburn has to do with UV rays absorbed, not temperature. Even on a cool, overcast day you can get sunburn.

**timetowaste85**

I've been sunburned skiing-it's the rays coming down, not the temperature. I actually got sun poisoning from it, and it was so bad I was puking all evening. Over at a girl's house who I really liked at the time, after she had just made me a nice dinner. It was not my proudest moment...

**htj**

timetowaste85 wrote:I've been sunburned skiing-it's the rays coming down, not the temperature. I actually got sun poisoning from it, and it was so bad I was puking all evening. Over at a girl's house who I really liked at the time, after she had just made me a nice dinner. It was not my proudest moment...

Sun-poisoning!? Is that the same thing as sun stroke, or is this some new horrible thing that I've not heard of?

**timetowaste85**

htj wrote:
timetowaste85 wrote:I've been sunburned skiing-it's the rays coming down, not the temperature. I actually got sun poisoning from it, and it was so bad I was puking all evening. Over at a girl's house who I really liked at the time, after she had just made me a nice dinner. It was not my proudest moment...

Sun-poisoning!? Is that the same thing as sun stroke, or is this some new horrible thing that I've not heard of?

http://www.sunpoisoning.org/ Had all of the above, plus puking.

**Tibbsy**

I got sunburned in Wales once...

Fething Wales man! Have you seen the weather over there?

**purplefood**

The sun is a real b***h...

**htj**

timetowaste85 wrote:
htj wrote:
timetowaste85 wrote:I've been sunburned skiing-it's the rays coming down, not the temperature. I actually got sun poisoning from it, and it was so bad I was puking all evening. Over at a girl's house who I really liked at the time, after she had just made me a nice dinner. It was not my proudest moment...

Sun-poisoning!? Is that the same thing as sun stroke, or is this some new horrible thing that I've not heard of?

http://www.sunpoisoning.org/ Had all of the above, plus puking.

Man... glad I specialised in nerdy indoor hobbies. Bloody sun.

**mattyrm**

Melissia wrote:
It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned

Wait... wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.... you can get... sunburned... at 85 degrees?

In Britain we spontaneously combust into gouts of flame under 85 degree sunshine, like Gremlins!

And gingers!?

They burn if they stand too close to the TV.

**rubiksnoob**

I wonder how the little girl feels about having a raisin for a mommy.

**SagesStone**

mattyrm wrote:
Melissia wrote:
It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned

Wait... wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.... you can get... sunburned... at 85 degrees?

In Britain we spontaneously combust into gouts of flame under 85 degree sunshine, like Gremlins!

And gingers!?

They burn if they stand too close to the TV.

Gingers have all the disadvantages of the old Vampires.