handing ammo to divorce lawyers?

[Bramblerose]

I love Girl Scout Camp. When life saves up to send us a whacko, it does a really great job of it (so many stories I can't tell you due to teh Vegas Rule).

But we got a great one the week before last.

The groups at camp that particular week- beginning canoeing, advanced canoeing, gooey stuff, and 2 sections of Extra Swimming. So all of the camp gets swim lessons and a free swim, a chunk of camp is spending 1-2 hours on the lake every day, and half the camp gets an extra hour of swim program. It's The Midwest, and it is June, therefore, despite the storm that broke my tent pole the week before (!!), it is SUNNY. We push the sunblock. Early and often. I am a lifeguard and swim teacher of last resort (read I have other things I should be doing), and even I have an amazing tan. Another Helpful Fact- we do check out in the swimming pool- Adult goes to main building to be verified with ID, then brings a number to me at teh pool gate, I call camper, camper scampers off to air conditioning . I stave off heat exhaustion by my fingernails, but that's another story. This goes on from 2-4 pm.

MOm picks up daughter and there is a slight inaccuracy in the trading post refund (like the money is right, but the records were off), which she called to breath fire about. We got it straightened out, then she called back:

"Oh, I'm not even mad about that any more!"

Turn out her Precious Snowflake is *gasp* Sunburned . Sunburned and beginning to blister. Mom knows peole at teh local law school and is Going to Sue Us All for Child Neglect because her 10 year old daughter didn't have sunscreen applied to her by our wonderful staff!

For those interested in teh truth, this is how it went down-

"Counselor, can you put sunblock on me?"
"No, Snowflake, I am busy with This Other Camper. Ask your buddy to help you."

So considering my own bad judgment and genetic heritage has scored me two blistering sunburns this summer, can I sue too?

[depechemodefan]

"Counselor, can you put sunblock on me?"
"No, Snowflake, I am busy with This Other Camper. Ask your buddy to help you."

Don't you know kid logic? When mom says, "ask your father" then it means it's ok to do what she wants to do (I hope that makes sense).

Though maybe her buddy didn't want to put it on her.

But yeah, mom knows someone at a law school. good luck with getting someone to sue the Girl Scouts for free.

[BlaqueKatt]

hmmm all the summercamps I went to the counselors were strictly FORBIDDEN to touch the kids unless rendering first aid for an injury the camper couldn't attend to themselves.

[smileyeagle1021]

hmmm all the summercamps I went to the counselors were strictly FORBIDDEN to touch the kids unless rendering first aid for an injury the camper couldn't attend to themselves.

I was just thinking the same thing... at least in the Sierra Nevada council of BSA the only reasons that a member of staff was to ever have physical contact with a participant was first aid by TRAINED first aid staff, to render aid in an emergency, and shaking hands (shaking hands is really big in the BSA)... at least those were the rules when I was on staff.
I can just imagine the shit storm that would have occurred if I had rubbed sun block on a participant's back.

[Pixi_kitty]

I've worked with young kids for years. We are told that we can apply sun screen to their back and that's all. We have to supervise the child appying the sunscreen everywhere else, but there is no touching the chest, legs or even arms. However, the spray sunscreen has made this much less an issue.

[protege]

I worked at a BSA (scout camp) for 3 years. One rule that was constantly stressed...was that unless you're administering first aid, you DO NOT touch the kids. Too many idiots would try to turn that into a complaint of abuse or pedophilia. Unfortunate, that is