Moms Talk: Tanning Bed Mom
In this week’s Moms Talk we discuss Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersy mother charged with child endangerment after being accused of putting her five-year-old daughter in a tanning bed.
Known as “Tanning Bed Mom,” Patricia Krentcil’s alleged actions are cringe-worthy—as is her charred, leathery appearance. The 44-year-old mother is accused of taking her Kindergarten daughter into a stand-up tanning booth, without the salon’s knowledge or consent. Krentcil was arrested after a teacher at her daughter’s school noticed burns and rashes on the child’s skin, and the little girl said she got them from going tanning with her mommy. Krentcil insists that she never put her child in a tanning booth, and that the child received “minor burns” from gardening outside. Krentcil has been released from jail on $25,000 bail, and her daughter is now in her father’s custody. Oh, dummy! This isn’t the 1950s. We know the dangers of UV rays, …
Raven Nichols
3:04 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
lol David! more ›