Mom Arrested after Taking Daughter (5) to Tanning Salon

[joeybee12]

I can see why!!

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11500434-new-jersey-mom-arrested-after-allegedly-taking-daughter-5-into-tanning-booth?lite

A New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing the girl to suffer burns.


But 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil, who was charged with second-degree child endangerment, said her daughter was never exposed to the tanning booth's UV rays and instead got slightly sunburned while playing outside on a warm day.


The girl's father told NBC 4 New York his daughter told classmates at school that she "went tanning with Mommy." He thinks a teacher overheard, inaccurately connected the girl's sunburn to the tanning salon trip and contacted police.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Look at the video.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/jersey-mom-busted-putting-5-year-old-tanning-booth-article-1.1071171

Irresponsible on two counts:
1. This child should not have been taking to the tanning salon if she couldn't be supervised in the waiting area.
2. The mother risks melanoma and premature death, depriving her daughter of a mother.

[cali]

2. please tell me that's not really the mom

[Poll_Blind]

5. That really is the mom. The stupid...it BURNS. Literally. nt

PB

[lame54]

6. looks like the crypt keeper...

shouldn't the tanning salon cut her off?

[Poll_Blind]

3. It appears to have been a misunderstanding but an EASY one to make taking a look...

...at the mom.

Holy crap.

PB

[Ganja Ninja]

4. And where was John Boehner when all this was going on?

[JNelson6563]

13. Notice how you never see him &

Patricia Krentcil in the same room at the same time?

[Life Long Dem]

7. MSNBC showed her.

I thought the photo could have been photoshopped. I was wrong.

[Odin2005]

8. That woman has a mental disorder, look how over-tanned she is!

[Whisp]

15. yes, there is something wrong here.

maybe it's along the line of anorexic women - where they look in the mirror and no matter how thin they are, they see themselves as fat. That kind of disorder.

poor thing.

poor kid!
*sigh

[Odin2005]

16. Body dysmorphic disorder.

[LASlibinSC]

9. Oh my!

I thought tanning caused wrinkles and skin cancer not the stupid.

[LeftyMom]

10. I refuse to believe that's a human being. That's clearly a catcher's mitt under a wig.

The last time I saw skin that golden brown and crispy, Mom was pulling the stuffing out of it's body cavity.

[Meiko]

11. Good grief!

She looks terrible. She has some serious issues I think. From the video it looks like her daughter is a red head which would make her very light complected and susceptible to burning. They need to keep an eye on mama.

[TeeYiYi]

20. Sad...

TYY

[kestrel91316]

12. She's 44? She looks 74. That's just sad.

[RebelOne]

22. I am 73 and do not look as bad as that lady

and I do not even have a tan.

[ecstatic]

14. I hope she gets the help she needs for her mental illness

That tanning salon should be closed down for allowing her to slowly kill herself.

[Kaleva]

17. Holy sh*t!

[Aerows]

18. OMG

She's only 44? Wow, proof positive that tanning is bad for you. She's only about 5 years older than me, and she looks 20 years older than me, maybe 25. Granted, I have really good genes going for me, but still. She looks like a leather couch!

[NightWatcher]

19. It was just to get a base

[Honeycombe8]

21. I think it's against the law for minors to tan, so shouldn't the tanning salon owner be charged?

I think there's a restriction on tanning salon machines that you have to be age 18 or something.

[smokey nj]

23. She's not a woman, she's a wallet.

[bluestate10]

24. Wow. Why doesn't she swallow melanin tablets? nt