It’s a safe and regulated world we live in

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was that when we were out playing with the kids at the school field, the teacher brought out their sun lotions. Each child has their own. If a child hasn’t brought their own sun cream then they are encouraged to play in the shade, but they cannot be given another child’s sun lotion, in case of allergies. Moreover, you can’t apply the cream on the kids. You spray it on their arms and legs and they have to rub it in. Then you put some in their hands for them to do their faces. All this to avoid any possible accusation of touching a child.

I don’t know whether (once / if we have a child) I think I would feel safer about my own child(ren) being “protected” this way or just sad that if my child(ren) didn’t have their own sun cream they couldn’t play in the sun like everyone else without running the risk of getting burnt... Maybe it’s a generational thing, or a cultural thing.