3 Sun Protection Tips for Playground Time
Spending quality time with your kids in the playground is a great way to bond. The children get to play and you can be the cool parent that supervises without breathing down their necks.
While you’re usually more concerned with your children’s physical safety—falling, hitting their heads, getting cuts and bruises—you might be overlooking other safety issues that are just as important. Skin safety is a major health issue that a lot of families tend to forget about, especially when in the middle of having fun.
Before going out to play, make sure your kids are already protected so as not to interfere with fun time. Below are 3 tips to help you stay on top of your children’s skin health.
1. Sport sunscreen
Sunscreens have a lot of variety to choose from. The ideal sunscreen for your kids is sunscreen for sport wear. This kind allows for extended hours of wear without being washed away by sweat. No matter how many times your kids fall on the playground’s rubber mulch flooring, there is no need to reapply every 15 minutes.
Check the label to ensure that the sunscreen is made with non-toxic ingredients, just like the materials of rubber mulch.
2. Time your playground trips
The sunlight that we get between 10 am and 4 pm have the most amount of harmful UV rays that increase the risk of skin cancer and other skin diseases.
The best time to enjoy the outdoors is early in the morning or late in the afternoon. You and your kids can lie on the rubber mulch flooring and share an amazing experience catching the sunrise or the sunset.
3. Make sure you and your child drink plenty of water
Hydration not only quenches thirst during activities. Water makes up a huge part of people’s skin, so you can explain to your kids that drinking water feeds their skin in a way.
