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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- I also had malignant melanoma removed when I was in my 20s, but I don't wear sunscreen. I also don't put it on my kids.

Instead, I buy them long sleeve rash guards for swimming (plus hats with the drapery in my back to protect the back of the neck). On regular days I let them get some sun, but I won't let them bake in it (i.e. I won't lather them with sunscreen and then let them play for hours in the beating rays).

The majority of your sun exposure occurs before you are 18 years old. I feel like for me, the damage is already done, and now it's just about getting moles removed if they do weird things.

By all means, protect your kids (and I wouldn't rely just on sunscreen to do that). But it sounds like what is really going on is that you feel like your horrible experience is being dismissed. This isn't about your concerns about their health -- it's about how you feel like they haven't changed their behavior in response to what you experienced as a devastating event.

I never, not once, thought about how much sunscreen other people in my family or circle of friends were using after my melanoma. So, I think there is something else going on here.[/quote]

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