Early in Life Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of summer fun. Family outings, vacation trips, and outdoor recreational activities are eagerly anticipated.
Youngsters especially look forward to spending lots of time outdoors.
However, too much sun can be a bad thing. Exposure to sunlight is believed responsible for 80 to 90 percent of all skin cancer. That s why it is so important to teach youngsters from an early age how to avoid excessive exposure to sunlight. Even a brief exposure of 10 to 15 minutes in the mid-day summer sun can result in serious burns in children. Just a couple of blistering sunburns as a youngster can double the risk for melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, in later life.