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How to Scare Your Teenage Daughter out of the Tanning Bed. Logic and reason not doing
the trick in convincing your teen that tanning beds are skin cancer incubators? Maybe it's
time to try some new tactics. You will need Tanning bed stats Sad movies Skin aging facts
Spray-tan gift card and blackmail. While this video is awesome, it didn't go to medical
school. Always consult your doctor for actual medical advice. Step 1. Whenever you have
a spare second, text her a new, alarming stat about tanning beds. She may capitulate just
to stop you from clogging her cell. When she's applying mascara, casually mention that the
lights used in tanning beds can cause eye cancer, too. Step 2. Have a family movie night
featuring 10-hanky tearjerkers with heroines who meet an untimely demise. She'll quickly
realize two things: Love means never having to say you're sorry, and dying young totally
sucks. Step 3. Appeal to her vanity. Ultraviolet radiation -- whether from the sun or a tanning
bed -- accounts for about 90 percent of premature skin aging, which leads to wrinkles. Use digital
imaging software to predict her face circa 2040 -- the uncanny resemblance to a prune
may terrify her more than any threats of death and disease. Step 4. See how she likes accessorizing
with gas masks. Let her know that the International Agency for Research on Cancer has declared
tanning beds as deadly as mustard gas. Step 5. Try a little bribery. Get her a spray-tan
gift card so she'll see there's a safer way to look like a bronzed goddess. Isn't orange
blotchy skin better than melanoma? Step 6. Nothing else working? Prey on every teen's
greatest fear. Tell her that if she doesn't stop visiting the tanning salon, you'll friend
everyone she knows on Facebook. Did you know A study of college students who tan despite
knowing the dangers found that tanning can become an addiction.