Children at Tanning Salons

[Mia2White]

I realize I might catch some flack on this one...but I don't think people should take their children to tanning salons. MAYBE it would be acceptable if there is a play area in the salon designated for them. Otherwise, it's not a pleasant experience for the customers OR the poor children stuck there. Don't get the wrong idea...I love children! But I never took my kids with me, until my daughter actually started tanning.

Here's what happened to me yesterday. I arrive at my salon and get in the bed. At some point, another customer arrives with her son...I'm guessing after seeing him that he was about 4. She had to wait for a bed to become available. The child is crying, yelling, and throwing tantrums. So much for a relaxing tanning experience for me! And when the mother did get into tan, I'm wondering who was going to watch the child for her?!?!

Thanks for letting me vent!

[josie3s]

You know, I have young kids, and I still agree with you. I wouldn't take them with me. My daughter always wants to go with, but I can't imagine it would be ANY fun for her, she's only 4! I've occasionally seen older kids at my salon, they sit quietly in the lobby and play Gameboy, or read or something, so I guess that's ok, though I'm still trying to figure out why you wouldn't just wait til someone could watch them for you to go tanning.........

[teresa]

I agree.......there is a small percentage of children who sit quietly while there parents are tanning. And I too love kids but I don't want to babysit while I am trying to do my job too.

[BriansBunny]

I went one time and this lady had a little girl about 5 and another child about 2. She left them BY THEMSELVES! The kids were horrible and I wanted to beat the crap outta both of them..they went from running around screaming to tearing pages out of magazines. I cant stand kids with no manners and when they came up to me they made me cringe. The staff spent most of the time telling the kids not to do this and that.. I felt bad for them. I have a 7yr old and even though she is very well mannered I could not relax in a bed knowing she was out there with very little supervision and I definately could not just toss her on someone else while I tan.

[BriansBunny]

O yea by the way my salon just put up a sign - I think its kids under 9 or 10 should not be left unattended in the salon and that they are not babysitters. :0)

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[sunbunny]

I don't take my kids with me when I tan. My husband has met me at the salon with the kids, but they all sit outside until I'm done. On the couple of occassions when they do come in, it's usually just to get a drink and they're in there just a few minutes until I'm done. BUT, my husband is with them at all times, and they behave. I would never leave them out there by themselves, or have them in there for longer than just a few minutes even with my husband there.

[LacyRose]

I have 2 young daughters and I wouldn't dream of taking them with me. It's not the place for children..

[ladyboss]

Normally I agree with you - children can be very annoying when expected to sit quitely for any length of time. I have brought my 14 yr. old with my 4 yr. and they are very quiet and sit the 12 minutes I'm in there my son usually reads to her and she's not the type to run around anywhere. We do errands together and part of it included a quick stop at the tanning salon and then I take them to McDonalds. So they know if there are any problems while we're out they don't go . So far it hasn't been a problem and we only do that once a week the other days I go by myself.

[Mia2White]

I think that's great, ladyboss. It's the people who bring the small, misbehaving children and leave them unattended that create problems.

[ladyboss]

I've been to many places where there are young children left running wild and you have to wonder what that parent was thinking! As a parent I wouldn't want to put myself through the stress of haveing my kids acting up in public, let alone subject everyone else to it.

[Tamar]

I have way too many horror stories on this issue. We finally posted a sign in the lobby that reads: Free kitten given to each unattended child. Works pretty well except for the ones that think it is a "joke". I look them in the eye and say, "Well we are out of kittens, but I've got a fresh litter of ferrets!"

[BriansBunny]

I'd take a ferret..But for real its sad u even have to put up a sign. Tell us some horror stories.

[Tamar]

Oh, you mean the evil 4 year old boys that Ms. Siliconed-Pharmaceutical-Rep parks in the lobby telling me what little angels they are? Or the diamond-laden Southern Belle that allows her 2 year old little girl to follow me up and down the hallway telling me "she got go potty"?

Did you know long hallways are great for testing double wide strollers? And those strollers CAN actually fit into a 5 x 5 restroom with room for two additional pre-pubescent bodies? Don't let anyone tell you otherwise because I know for a fact IT CAN HAPPEN!

And then there was "Street Urchin Night". *sigh* I still shudder at the memory. Customer shows up with new boyfriend. New boyfriend has 3, um, children. Dirty. Three very dirty children. Hands. Everywhere. Hands on everything, everywhere. Adventurous. Very adventurous with dirty hands, and faces. Dirty hands and faces love tantoos. Walls seem to like tantoos too. Walls get tantooed and handprinted. Boyfriend catches my look, drags them outside. Boyfriend sits in car on cell phone. Urchins spread all over parking lot like roosterroaches under a lamp. Salon owner feels guilty because one or more urchin might get hit by 2000 pound moving vehicle. *sigh* Salon owner finds beer can in room after customer leaves. Oh, the poor urchins.

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[Sungoddess]

I want to say, I do not take my daughter tanning with me. I would not leave her unattended regardless! BUT, I do know, living in a smaller town, the women who run my salon did tell me if I wanted to bring her, they would watch her for me. Is it because I am a regular? Or because I am friendly with them? Maybe, I honestly dont know. But, maybe that is why some salons do that??

[BrownJen]

My salon has a sign up saying they aren't babysitters and that you can't leave children unattended in the salon. Before they had that sign up there used to be kids running around the place all the time. I once saw two little kids get their hands on a couple pairs of goggles and put them on and pretend to be bugs and chase each other around.

[tingletanner]

Working in a salon I don't mind when people bring their children in while they tan as long as the behave. I once had a regular bring in her daughter while she tanned, since she was a regular I didn't mind, until the little girl went running down the hall knocking on every door looking for her mom, and then followed me everywhere until her mom came out of the room(after 20 minutes).

[never2tan]

I had a kid knock on the door of the room I was once, luckily I was done tanning and just finished cleaning the bed and dressing. As soon as the kid knocked on the door I opened it and the sudden opening scared the kid to death, turned pale as a sheet. I could hear that kid over my headphones as well as the house music that was playing...way out of control. The mom came out and acted like nothing happened.

[Anya1976]

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On 2003-07-24 15:10, Tamar wrote:
I have way too many horror stories on this issue. We finally posted a sign in the lobby that reads: Free kitten given to each unattended child. Works pretty well except for the ones that think it is a "joke". I look them in the eye and say, "Well we are out of kittens, but I've got a fresh litter of ferrets!"

aaaaaaw ferrets i love ferrets i need to post pics of the two girls i am ferretsitting at the moment

[Tamar]

And I said c o c k roaches! Hope I didn't offend anyone!

[palefacegirl]

My sister and I will go and usually one stays in the car with AC running with the kids and take turns tanning. I would never leave my child unattended, I have had my 17 year old sit inside with my 2 yr old if it is not a busy time, but would never bring the 2 yr old if I did not have someone else with me.

[NCtanmom]

Well my kids are 14 and 12 and they would rather do chores then go with me to tan!!
I used to go to a salon that had a child play area,and it was always full of kids..I guess that was an open invitation for moms to bring their kids,for free child care for 20 minutes

[sarah29]

we just shut the mom's bed off. usually you only have to do it once... it's not our responsibility to babysit and it takes away from the other customers if i have to take time to calmly explain to the kid to get out from behind the counter or to quit running down the other people in the salon. it's rude to bring in hellions. why would anyone leave a small child unattended today is beyond me anyway. people are crazy.

[SpaceCadet55]

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On 2003-07-25 17:39, Tamar wrote:
And I said c o c k roaches! Hope I didn't offend anyone!

hahaha, I saw 'roosterroaches' and was like, hmm, maybe it's a kind of bug I'm just not famaliar with, lol .

[Tamar]

Things are a bit different down here in Texas, and yes, the mosquitoes and co ckroaches are BIG!. Have you met the ones that fly yet? Roaches, that is? An inch and a half long...with wings? They come at you and you swear they are attacking! They are palm roaches and migrate from Florida, flying from tree to tree.

[Tan-In-SC]

We call the flying ones "Palmetto Bugs" in SC. I guess people think if we give them a cute name after the state tree they won't be so offensive!

[sherlynn 01]

If i do take my kids they have been real good but they are 8,10 and 14, They play with ther game boys, or read a book,but have nevered gave no one no trouble at all, BUt i do try not to take them inless i have too, Maybe twice a month if they have to go with me.

[Scott]

I have seen kids at my salon, they usually go into the rooms with their mothers. My salon has really big rooms so there would be enough room for them to roll around on the floor with the roaches.

[sherlynn 01]

Our Salon only lets one person in a room at a time , besides you would not want allow your kids arounds the lights in the beds it is not good for there eyes, and if your salon has roaches scott i would be finding a new place to tan. Yuk

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[Summers Tan]

My boss will let older kids go into the rooms with their moms if they have eyewear.The kids seem to like to wear them,too.We'd rather smaller kids didn't come,though.Older kids who can keep theirselves occupied are fine.I sure wouldn't want to leave my kids somewhere alone for a few minutes.There are just too many wierdos out there these days.

[RaeTanned]

I can't STAND children in ANY setting. I have a friend that has a son, and I have nieces and nephews -- don't have any kids of my own. But, I know that I was always taught that children should be seen and not heard. I don't think that parents teach their children this anymore. I am tolerant of my friend's child, though I find him to be totally annoying. My nieces and nephews were taught the same rule that I was, so that's not a problem. The one salon that had kids sitting in the waiting area had major problems with the children getting into the lotions, making noise, changing the channel on the TV set in the waiting area, tearing up the magazines, playing with the goggles....need I go on!!! They even tried to go into one of the rooms to play in the bed. FINALLY, the salon owner put a notice up that children needed to either be attended or left home. THANK GOD!!!!!

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[suntangal]

It's funny that I read this. I just went to tan a few weeks ago and when I went in, the girl behind the counter has this baby in a baby seat next to her, screaming his head off. I ask her if it's hers, nope, it belongs to the lady tanning in bed 3. I figured maybe it was a friend of hers or something, nope, the lady just brought him in and sat him down next to her and went in to the room to tan. WHAT???? I would have said NO WAY, but her mistake. She ended up shutting the ladys bed off early, because he would not stop screaming. I figure it's her own fault for not saying No in the first place. I haven't seen him back there lately though.

[RaeTanned]

Good for the tanning salon girl!!

[RaeTanned]

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On 2003-07-26 23:43, suntangal wrote:
It's funny that I read this. I just went to tan a few weeks ago and when I went in, the girl behind the counter has this baby in a baby seat next to her, screaming his head off. I ask her if it's hers, nope, it belongs to the lady tanning in bed 3. I figured maybe it was a friend of hers or something, nope, the lady just brought him in and sat him down next to her and went in to the room to tan. WHAT???? I would have said NO WAY, but her mistake. She ended up shutting the ladys bed off early, because he would not stop screaming. I figure it's her own fault for not saying No in the first place. I haven't seen him back there lately though.

Oh, something else that everyone might think is funny: I work in a department store and people are ALWAYS thinking that the sales associates are supposed to be baby-sitters. I've constantly got someone with a kid wanting me to watch it -- and, I do exactly what you suggested. "NO WAY, lady." If someone wants to say something about it, they can go ahead. It's not in my job description to be a baby-sitter. I've called them on it before and I'll call it on them again!!

[suntangal]

How bout - "your kid breaks it, you bought it!!" What is wrong with people??

[Scott]

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On 2003-07-26 19:19, sherlynn 01 wrote:
Our Salon only lets one person in a room at a time , besides you would not want allow your kids arounds the lights in the beds it is not good for there eyes, and if your salon has roaches scott i would be finding a new place to tan. Yuk
Oh, dear... I was kidding about the roaches, just playing into some posts above. My salon is actually very clean. No bugs at all. But yes, they do allow kids to go into the rooms with their moms.

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[Tamar]

It is illegal for more than one person to be in the room in Texas also.

[SheltieBlue]

And you know, these people who just want to conveniently drop their kids in your lap would be the first to SUE you if anything happened to their precious babies while in "your" care!

[Sc0tt]

at my salon, the salon owners little daughter (shes like 1 or 2) runs around screaming a lot, well not every time, but a lot. she will scream for her mommy if shes helping somebody at the front desk. it is pretty rude, but they have really good rates and beds, so it doesn't bother me. as far as leaving my kids in the "lobby" area, I dont have kids!

[Tamar]

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On 2003-07-27 14:20, SheltieBlue wrote:
And you know, these people who just want to conveniently drop their kids in your lap would be the first to SUE you if anything happened to their precious babies while in "your" care!


BINGO!

[BriansBunny]

Boyfriend sits in car on cell phone. Urchins spread all over parking lot like roosterroaches under a lamp.

LMAO!!!! too funny Tamar.

[RydeTheLTRAIN]

I saw a lady take her little 5 year old into the room with the high pressure bed. I guess shes learning early huh.

[Tpsyduck]

Alrighty, I had to chime in on this one
my 9 year old son goes with me, every tanning session, 3 - 5 times a week. My Salon has a TV room, so he sits and watches TV for my tanning session, and doesn't disturb anyone, or anything, and my salon owner LOVES HIM Also, he'll play with the salon owner's child too, who's probably about 3 or 4, He's 1 of the Well-Behaved, Quiet kids, who are very respectful and listen to other adults I've taken him to both salons I've tanned at, old and current one, and both owners just completely LOVE HIM, and never had or have a problem with him. On the other hand, how about salon owners keeping children in the salon during working hours?? My owner has a younger child, that runs around sometimes, and actually scared the H!#* out of me one session...Picture it...laying in a warm tanning bed...listening to music....almost asleep...aahhh....and then....MOMMY..MOMMY...MO MMY...WHERE ARE YOU.... at the top of her lungs in a shrieking voice!!! I almost jumped out of the bed thinking she was hurt or something...(the mother in me), and then she calmed down some how..Whew. For me, I don't have the option to have someone watch my son when I tan, and he's never been a problem, and the 1 big thing that brought me to my new salon was the TV room for the children. Granted, mine's usually the only 1 in there when I'm tanning, unless the owner's child's there, so I can't say anything about anyone else's child, just mine I hope I don't get Bombarded with posts against me, I just wanted to put in my 2 cents
No, Salons aren't babysitters, and I do think the parents have a responsibility with Young children and babies, but I think Older Children could be allowed, if they're well-behaved and will sit quietly
Please don't yell at me

[crazy44]

The kids that are in my salon are really pretty good I offer coloring book and crayons and even army men for little boys, they keep busy.

[Tpsyduck]

That's a great idea Crazy, my salon has the same things, and I think it's great for us moms who don't have a sitter for our kids, MANY THANKS

[KonaBikeBabe]

The place I tan at started out as a nail salon, but since they did so well, they expanded and added tanning to their place. Some of the women getting their nails done bring their children, which makes more sense then taking them tanning, because they kind of have an eye on them, but it's a madhouse. I can barely make it from the tanning (which is in the back of the shop) to the front door without being tripped. Oh well, nothing that I can do about it.

Chrissy

[RaeTanned]

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On 2003-07-26 23:51, suntangal wrote:
How bout - "your kid breaks it, you bought it!!" What is wrong with people??


If businesses only enforced this!!! What a wonderful world it would be!!!

[RaeTanned]

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On 2003-07-27 17:22, Tamar wrote:
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On 2003-07-27 14:20, SheltieBlue wrote:
And you know, these people who just want to conveniently drop their kids in your lap would be the first to SUE you if anything happened to their precious babies while in "your" care!


BINGO!

I TOTALLY agree!!! I've seen this happen before....MANY times.

[UCANTAN2]

Guys, I have tanners come in with their children all the time ... some exceptionally well behaved while others I'd rather duct tape. Most our little people immediately go into the TV area where I have set up my sons old Sony Play Station and Super Nintendo games. (you can purchase these used for a fraction of the cost as well) I also set up a little lego table for those not interested in video games. For the most part, I don't have hardly any problems, and trust me, I too get the diamond doting doll that plops her chillens down for her 25 minute visit ... God knows why since she does a 12 minute bed. Once in a blue moon we'll get the rugrats who want to steal the stickers to decorate the walls, or the child that screams continuously for his mom, that's when we tell the parents Sorry,you simply cannot bring your child(ren) back.
Good Luck guys

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[evilina231]

I wish that people didn't bring children to any Salon(nail, hair, tanning etc) It just spoils the relaxed atmosphere you desire when soliciting one of these salons.

[LacyRose]

I'm lucky enought to have a teen son to watch my lil ones but somepeople simply don't have that option. I think all in all, the parents need to be teaching their children how to behave in public..

[Momtowolf]

I have 2 kids, 8 & 3, and I occasionally take them with me. They have a TV with kids movies and I buy them a treat and they sit and watch TV while I go in there. My 8 year old watches his sister and it's always been fine. No problems. If there were problems they would not be able to come again...they would be in BIG trouble with me.

Sometimes moms can't get sitters or their hubby's work far from home....so they sometimes have to take them with them to places. If their kids is out of control they need to leave them home or get a sitter!!! But for a well behaved kid then I don't see a problem with it.

[Anya1976]

well 8 years old is better than 2 or 3 year or even 5 year olds being left alone. i have seen women leave very very small children alone.

[Tamar]

The biggest problem is with the varied definitions of "well-behaved".

[MusTAnG86Tx]

My salon is a chain, and at the newer Darque Tans, there are childrens areas next door... so you just leave your kids in there with a babysitter and everything.. and its pretty sound proof so while you tan you don't have to listen to the freakin children.. i like it that way.. but at the one in deer park i go to, theres never anyone there so it doesnt matter to me.. the entire time i've been tanning there, i've seen one other person.. some old lady

[JMe]

I have only took my son once or twice with me to my salon, and it was a had to situation . Hes 9, and he always takes his gameboy with him. But most of the time, i dont take him. I agree with one thing, kids under 9 should not b took with you or left unattended. No the salon employees are not babysitters. They have enough on thier hands as it is. Most salons do have signs up now, i know mine does about leaving kids unattended.

[Momtowolf]

I think that a well behaved older child would be able to sit still, play their gameboy or read a book. Some little kids (3,4,5,6) would be able to sit still for a while and watch a movie also....but running all over, getting into stuff, being loud or running out the front door is not okay.

[Tpsyduck]

I agree with yall, my son has never been a problem, and having both of my salon owners say how good, respectful and well-behaved he is, I don't have or will I have a problem taking him with me, as will my salon owners

[MsSybian]

I have two toddlers and would never take them tanning with me. Some people just shouldn't have children. It was like my trip to Las Vegas,it was after midnight and there were toddlers being dragged down the strip. Some places just aren't designed for children!

[Momtowolf]

I think that taking 2 toddlers to the tanning salon is different. They would have to sit pretty much by themself.....We all know how toddlers can be!! LOL

[Tpsyduck]

Yep, They'd be good to sit still for about, oh, 2 seconds, and then, Boom, overdrive!

[DarkNDazed15]

I work in a tanning salon and love it when the kids come in cause they are so fun to talk to ...but the parents of these kids need to make sure to bring something in for them to play with like coloring books, toys, or games to keep them busy. Kids get bored easily thats when they get cranky and don't listen.

[LavenderFleur]

My salon does not allow children to be left unattended. There are signs up and it is due to insurance (atleast that is what they say lol).

[Tamar]

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On 2003-08-06 02:58, LavenderFleur wrote:
My salon does not allow children to be left unattended. There are signs up and it is due to insurance (atleast that is what they say lol).


That would be the easiest thing for a salon owner to say without having to go into a long winded explanation that might end up sounding like this:

"If your munchkin were to do something really stupid (not to say that your kid is stupid) like, say, knock over the lotion cabinet on top of himself and get hurt (not that any of us want to see him get hurt) and you decide to sue my insurance because I never warned you (not that I should have to warn you) that a) the cabinet COULD tip over and/or b) it was NOT okay to leave your child out in the lobby without some kind of restraint (not that we WISH the child were restrained while you leave him unattended) and then my insurance company balks about paying because of (see a & b above). So your poor Billy lies in the hospital/at home with temporary and/or permanent injuries while salon owner, customer, insurance companies, and of course, bloodsucking attorneys all begin hashing out (via verrry expensive letters WITH letterhead) who should and should not pay and how this could have all been avoided. And a really "shark" (not to be confused with "sharp") attorney might even go after the company that BUILT the lotion cabinet and didn't stick warning labels in 18 defferent languages all over it."

Everything begins and ends at the front counter! Sorry, but I've been around the legal field long enough to know that the business owner ultimately gets it if they don't take smart precautions and preventive measures. My daughter is the office manager of a law firm that specializes in employment law. They do seminars to train businesses how to NOT get sued. And you would not belieeeeeve some of the suits that get filed DAILY. Overdramatic? Maybe...maybe not.

[sessa518]

i bring my 8 year old daughter and she sits there quiet while i go in for 9 minutes if i was to go any longer i would find a sitter.

[Mrc4608]

most clients come to get away from their kids. too much trouble.

[planetbeach9]

What really gets me is if they are new to your salon and they bring their little devils in for you to watch. I mean they don't know you from adam, why would they trust you to watch their kids. I don't mind if they are well behaved but that is far and few between. It's hard when you have beds to clean and unfair to customers that are here to relax!

[monkeygirl]

Yikes..I'm the first to admit that I thoroughly enjoy my time AWAY from our 5 and 2 yr old! There's no way I'd even dream of bringing them in, because they'd have to stay in the lobby. Not that I don't trust the salon people, but I'd never dream of making them responsible. Besides, it's one of the few times I get to listen to the music I want to, instead of Barney all the time-lol!

[tan-lyn]

I always, always leave my little boy at home with his daddy. If I let him loose in the lobby, he'd tear things up, and if I let him in hte room, he could hurt his eyes. He's not a bad kids, he's a normal 2 yr old who doesn't understand "sit still".

And even older kids can cause problems. There was a kid who was probably 11 or 12 in the salon I go to last night. Even WITH my headphones on, I hear him banging on a door yelling "mom!! Mom!!! I want a soda! Mom!! I need money! MOOOOOOOM!" I was thinking, dude, your mom is probably NAKED in there, do you really want her to open the door and give you money? you ain't gonna die of thirst in the next 20 minutes, so go sit down and chill out!

I understand little kids who can't behave, they are still lerning. But older ones who still can't behave drive me nuts!

[wannatan]

I agree, but then again, tanning salons were never designed to cater for children.

[Kissedbythesun]

I occasionally take my two yr old with me. She is normally good and even helps me clean beds. The girls to talk to her. When she throws a fit we go outside so that no one is disturbed.

[voom]

at my old salon, there was a window sticky that had like a kid going crazy with a line through it...i thought it was pretty funny lol. i never see any kids in that salon, but at my new one some chick like brought her infant and her 10 year old or whatever with her and the baby was screamin and the poor kid was tryin to hush him...i felt bad for the 10 year old

[Momtowolf]

I have a 9 year old son and 4 year old daughter. There is a TV there and a M&M machine right next to it. For $1.00 they sit and watch a video and eat some M&M's while I tan. NEVER in the last year have they disrupted anyone. They just sit still and watch the movie. They know they would get in trouble for messing around. My son will take his sister to the potty if she needs to go. The owner knows my kids and it's a very family friendly type of place. I only tan for 15 minutes. I try and always leave them home when I tan but if I can get into tan and they are with me I will do it. Sometimes I meet my friend down there and we take turns watching the kids while each of us tans.

[never2tan]

To play devil's advocate here, I have actually seen salon personnel say that kids that behaved badly, were just "little angels," because they did not want to offend and lose customers. I don't think a tanning salon is a good place to take a young child, sitting still is almost unheard of because of all the things to see, touch, and probably break. I was going to one salon last summer where these things were happening all the time, I got sick of hearing the screaming fits and temper tantrums, that doesn't even bring the children into play, that's the mothers! When I started going to this new salon, one question I asked was the policy on kids in the place, and they don't allow kids under any circumstance...that place came to be my new salon, and if they change their policy, I will not go back.

[Misty]

Taking kids with you? I big no no in my book. If you can't find someone to watch them, don't tan.

[California Tan]

If i owned that saon i would tell that lady "this is a tanning salon, not a daycare service!"

[voom]

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On 2004-03-19 11:58, Momtowolf wrote:
I have a 9 year old son and 4 year old daughter. There is a TV there and a M&M machine right next to it. For $1.00 they sit and watch a video and eat some M&M's while I tan. NEVER in the last year have they disrupted anyone. They just sit still and watch the movie. They know they would get in trouble for messing around. My son will take his sister to the potty if she needs to go. The owner knows my kids and it's a very family friendly type of place. I only tan for 15 minutes. I try and always leave them home when I tan but if I can get into tan and they are with me I will do it. Sometimes I meet my friend down there and we take turns watching the kids while each of us tans.
arent you afraid when that when you leave your child alone someone will just come and like...take them!! I'd be so scared to leave my kid (if i had one...) alone in a public place. there are too many sickos out there that can come and get them!

[SuNkiSs7007]

sometimes when i go tanning i see some kids sitting in the lobby playing a gameboy or just listening to the music or something...some even around 12yrs old...another time i saw 2 little girls that looked about 6 just wait for their mom to come out..they were sitting rite by the door..and ive seen this more than once...and i just feel so bad for them...personally when i do have children i am not going to take them into a tanning salon..unless for a really good reason...i just think its unfair...also one time our salon was holding a Presidents Day $1.00 sale...where if you buy lotion, memberships(days,weeks,mo nths,years), bodywash, what ever..you get something else of the same price or lower for only a $1.00...and it was CRAZY!!! a million people seemed to be there...and there was this little girl with her mom...her mom looked to be about 27ish..the little girl (who was about 7) was so frigidity and loud...her mother was just ignoring her too!! and was treating her like crap!! it was so sad..i just wanted to go hug her...idk...i think all salons should at least have a TV/Activity room for the children...or something..and pay a certain amount every month or what ever kind of membership you have...me and my mom use 2 go tanning 2gether all the time...and my dad wud stay home and watch my little bro (hes 8 )..but since my parents r getting a divorce now when we go tanning we cant leave him at home...so one of us wud go tanning and say with my lil bro in the car or take him into the petstore,Tops,Blockbuster or something to keep him busy and then when that person is done, the other gets to go...but i do agree that these young parents really need to teach their children how to act in public...

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[never2tan]

I wouldn't want to set the precedent with a play area. I think it is rare that mothers bring the kids to tanning salons to begin with, and that is best. The majority that don't have/bring the kids, don't want to be subjected to someone else's kids whether or not they are well behaved. It is an adult atmosphere, and should stay that way. When the kid reaches a respectable age where they can tan too, then that's fine, but not before.

[Momtowolf]

To reply...no I'm not worried about someone coming and taking my kids....I guess you would need to know it's a extremly small town and the way the tanning salon is set up I'm really not worried.....

[Kay]

My 9 year old daughter has come with me twice when her father has jammed out on her and messes up my tanning appointment. Both times i've hated it... but she brings in her 'home reading' and gets her peace relax time too, and didnt mind it...she's asked to come a couple times since. I say no... and leave it basically to these circumstances only. i would never bring in a toddler or anyone younger than her though... i feel bad leaving her there even if she doesnt mind.

[njtanman]

why pay for lotion... go to ebay.. $.25 per bottle.

[Gidget]

Never saw a kid in the tanning salon where I go and I dont think the owners would accept that anyway

[Lyndsey Nicole]

People always bring there kids in the tanning salon that i work at.. if they are behaved kids it doesn't bother me, but if they are really young or brats it gets annoying...

[Anastasia22]

I personally would never take my kids tanning(4 and 1 1/2). I freak about taht anyway when all of us are out and my husband says go tan. He wants to come in with me with the kids, I say no im not going if you guys are going to be in there because not everyone likes kids.

[KayleesMommy03]

I wish I could bring my daughter on sat with me, but I just dont go on sat. I have to drive over 24 miles round trip to get to my salon. I take my daughter to the children's museum once a week. Its simi on the way to the salon. I wish i could just drive a few more miles and tan that day instead of having to drive all the way there and back the next day. Its not a big deal, but it would be more convenient and gas is so high right now. I would even pay extra if someone could watch her. Shes 14 months but a great baby, she would just sit in her stroller and smile the whole time. I only go for 6 min in the bed. They have a tv there, lol i could put her in a movie and she would sit in a chair the whole time. all in all though. sadly its not possible. Children dont really need to be at the salon theres to much to get into. Hey theres an idea. Open a salon and have a little baby proof child play area. How many people do you think would want to go there if the have children?

[dakoto70]

I have taken my kids probably 3 times in all of the years that I have been tanning, and on those occasions I have gotten into a hp bed and didn't do my 20 minutes I went less. I love my kids to death but my tanning time is MY time and I don't want to have to worry about what they are doing out there. The one salon that I took them too actually let them go in the room with me, which to me seemed great until I thought about it. LOL. Now I don't have to really worry about it Andrew is 13 and Katie is 11 so I make him watch her while I go tanning. It looks like I am one of the fortunate ones my tanning salon is at the top of my street and I can walk there in less than 5 minutes.

I do not like people who leave their kids unattended ANYWERE and expect other people to watch them. I used to be a waitress, many mooms ago, and the people who would allow their kids to run around, I have actually tripped over kids while carrying hot soup. Come on quit being stupid, don't lelt your kids do that. what if the soup would have fallen on them instead of splashing me? Yes, I let them know that I didn't appreciate it and the manager also told them nicely the way that it needed to be.

Some kids are great and can sit for a couple of minutes but most can't.

[KayleesMommy03]

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On 2003-08-04 14:31, MusTAnG86Tx wrote:
My salon is a chain, and at the newer Darque Tans,but at the one in deer park i go to, theres never anyone there so it doesnt matter to me.. the entire time i've been tanning there, i've seen one other person.. some old lady
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Do you live in houston? I was looking into going to a dargue tan, but there was a ditz for a worker that couldnt get off the phone long enough to show me around the place. Is all i heard from her was how her date with this guy went and lotions are over there what bed do you want in for how long. I didnt even wanna tan that day!

[tanbabygirl53]

My future sister-in-law and I take her son with us tanning and take turns sitting with him in the lobby area. He is only 6 months old and is perfectly fine and quiet everytime we have done this. The employees where we go always ask us about him and say how cute and calm he is. The boy seriously loves to just sit and look at all the bottles of lotion around him and pretend talk to them;) I know she would never take him with her by herself though! Parents who do that are a. breaking the law in Ohio and b.obviously don't care about their baby. Sorry if my opinion offends anyone!

[Vikingdotter]

I never had taken my children with me tanning, espect one time when Gunnar geets curious how it is in a tanning salon. He gets boored while he was waiting in the lobby, so his couriousity is satisfied. (It was back in Hamburg, my salon hasn't got a kids corner.)

Here in Sweden it is common that tanning salons and even hairdresser salons having a kid's corner with toys, childrens books or ocasionally kids movies from DVD or videocasette. (Also in Germany there are many salons wiht kid's corner, but not as many as in Sweden. We even have special kid's playing compartments in many trains.)

[arussell]

I go to Darque Tan that has a child center which I think they shouldn't it just invites people to bring their kids. One day I was in their a kid fell in the play room and the mom was tanning so the girl behind the counter had to take care of the kid. I am sure she doesn't get paid enough for that. Then another day a kid was in there just screaming giving everyone a headache that is not fair to the workers or the people who tan

[Goldie]

Unless they have a designated area with employees that only watch children, I think the kids need to stay at home. They shouldn't be left to watch themselves in the lobby while mom or dad goes to tan....

[Ajslady70]

Well, I have a differing opinion in that there is a salon in the next town that is very nice. They have a child's play room behind the counter area that is a separate room with one of those half doors on it in the hall but behind the counter they have cut a window out so they can watch the kids if anyone brings them in. They also have a TV and videos out front they can watch so you have the option of locking your child in the playroom or putting a video in for a calmer one out in the lobby area. It's all in a nice compact salon with like 6 beds and there are always 2 girls in there working, usually one is the owner. They were always very friendly and my child liked going there. I am a single mother and my kid never went to daycare so I would have not gotten to go tan without that...

or so I thought...

the salon I go to now that is just up the street from me lets me bring in my 6-1/2 year old but all he does is sit in the chair in the lobby and eat their candy or play with a toy or two he brought in. He isn't disruptive at all but I guess maybe our salons aren't as busy as some of the ones you guys go to. Most salons around here won't let you bring children at all but I'm glad for the few that do. I don't know how mothers get to ever go tan otherwise. Being a single mom and virtually no one to watch my kid, it would have been difficult.

[tinynurse]

I tan a few days a week at darque tan and I bring my 7 year old son with me. He sits and plays his gameboy while I do my 12 minute session. I've often told the girls at the salon that they need to tell me asap if he bothers them in any way.

When I used to tan at suntan city in Nashville the girls LOVED him!! They even had his christmas card photo up in their office year round.

[southern.cherokee]

Mine only goes because he's tanning too otherwise I'd leave his behind at home with his daddy like you should!

[flipib05]

I tan a few days a week at darque tan and I bring my 7 year old son with me. He sits and plays his gameboy while I do my 12 minute session. I've often told the girls at the salon that they need to tell me asap if he bothers them in any way.

When I used to tan at suntan city in Nashville the girls LOVED him!! They even had his christmas card photo up in their office year round.

Haha! That's nice to do for a child!:)

[ultratan1]

we just shut the mom's bed off. usually you only have to do it once... it's not our responsibility to babysit and it takes away from the other customers if i have to take time to calmly explain to the kid to get out from behind the counter or to quit running down the other people in the salon. it's rude to bring in hellions. why would anyone leave a small child unattended today is beyond me anyway. people are crazy.
Its actually illegal in most states, it is here to leave your children unattended. Even in a car just running into a store to pay for gas. You get caught and you're in big trouble. I was standing in the checkout line at Kmart and a cop came in and asked us if those children outside belonged to one of us. One lady said Are they Okay?? He said Ma'm don't you know you could go to jail and lose custody of your kids for this?? They were very small kids. the oldest was around 6. People are just stupid these days thats why kids nowadays get into so much trouble, nobody's watching them. In my salon I will watch some kids as long as they stay seated and watch tv. But not the wild ones.

[Bamabuttrfly]

I would maybe take my 10 yr old with me but never my 2 and 5 yr old.

[Princesa]

I don't take my son at all to the salon the only way he's there is if his dad is there to waiting for me to get done tanning.

[notanlines69]

There are times when I sure wish I could bring my son with me!! But I actually agree... tanning salons are not intended for *young* children. Cant they just dedicate a room in the back and lock them in their for 15-20 minutes or so? lol j/k!!

[sunshine_bunnie]

at my salon, there were no children allowed alone in the lobby. people did it anyway.

then we went to no children allowed in the tanning room. people did it anyway. sometimes letting the kids go in there with no eye protection. i once saw a young mother with her INFANT baby, take it into the room with her. ( we asked her not do so)

there is no inbetween. customers complained both ways.

heres my theory: if you cant get someone to watch your kids for 30 mins. then dont go tanning. they scream, they are annoying, i cannot tell you how many times i have had to clean up after rowdy children. and in fact it was an insult to me, because i work at a salon, i'm not your babysitter. now if your child is like 13, 14 etc then yes it is fine to leave them in the lobby. otherwise, be considerate. people who are tanning want to relax, not hear your kids crying.

one of the worst was this 24 yr old woman and her demon kid. she came in with him in stroller even though he was like 4 yrs old. she took him in the room and he screamed and banged on the top of the bed the whole 20 mins. then occasionally she would get out of the bed and yell at him to stop. when she left, the room was in shambles. there were mashed up hasbrowns all over the floor, starburts wrappers, the sanitzer bottle had been dropped and spilled, and her kid had torn the doorstopper off the door!!!!!!!!! she didnt bother cleaning ANY of it up. i left a comment on her name and there were about 3 others of similar things happening at our other locations. so the next time she came in, she had 2 kids with her, same thing started happening. i cut her bed off and told her she would have to come back at a lter time, without the children.

[jessica.lanelle]

And I said c o c k roaches! Hope I didn't offend anyone!

haha roosterroaches! I was wondering what that was about!

[tangirl23]

My rule is NO children under the age of 12 may be left unsupervised.

It's for their own safety. Even if the child is well-behaved, I don't make an exception because if you do it for one, you'll have to do it for everyone else. I love kids, also, but a tanning salon is not the place for them. Children are never allowed in the room. I had two women come into my place the other day with a little girl and they wanted to take her into the room with one of them! I said they would have to take turns so the little girl could be watched and not burn her retinas.

[Tan4Life]

Seems as though one of the salons I go to offers a babysitting service, the owners keep an eye on the children while their mother tans. She must be crazy!

[tinynurse]

post deleted, so that i wouldn't start a war on this topic.

[notanlines69]

If your child is old enough to sit quietly while reading a book, playing with a video game or staring at the wall I think it's ok. I would never expect someone else to babysit my child.

I have a 3 year and as well behaved as he is... he's still 3 and there is no way I can gurantee that he'll stay quiet for more than 5 mintues... lol And I'd never allow a stranger to babysit him anyway. Not to mention I'd never leave him alone in any public place.

I don't see anything wrong with your son going tinynurse and I don't think southern cherokee's comment was directed at you. I think she was just generally speaking her opinion.

[Tan4Life]

If your child is old enough to sit quietly while reading a book, playing with a video game or staring at the wall I think it's ok. I would never expect someone else to babysit my child.

I have a 3 year and as well behaved as he is... he's still 3 and there is no way I can gurantee that he'll stay quiet for more than 5 mintues... lol And I'd never allow a stranger to babysit him anyway. Not to mention I'd never leave him alone in any public place.

I don't see anything wrong with your son going tinynurse and I don't think southern cherokee's comment was directed at you. I think she was just generally speaking her opinion.

I don't think this post was directed at you either Tinynurse. I often look back at old threads and post replies to them.

[notanlines69]

Yes it was...but in the goodness of my kind heart!

I can see why Tinynurse might of been offended by S.C's comment. But out of all the threads I've read ... she has never given me the impression of being malicious. I don't personally know her. Next time I"ll just stay out of it.....LOL

[notanlines69]

Seems as though one of the salons I go to offers a babysitting service, the owners keep an eye on the children while their mother tans. She must be crazy!

That's a huge liability... where I can see the good intent... it's not worth it!

[scottfwtx]

My salon has a sign in the lobby. I can't remember the exact wording, but it virtually says NO CHILDREN. I go to Palm Beach Tan.

[100%Sun]

I took my 3 year old to my salon recently just to show him around. He always wants to go with me, but I tell him he can't go there. He had a great time, and the girls were really nice to him. He got 2 candies on our way out!

I've only seen kids waiting at my salon a couple of times. It's pretty kid-free.

[codajess]

I think it's a big no no to bring kids anywhere where that isn't a daycare when you aren't planning on watching them the entire time. I'm speaking of younger kids, the older ones that can sit quietly and read or play a gameboy would be fine.

Then again a single older kid is going to behave differently than a couple of them. You can get a couple older kids who will be loud and obnoxious and wild when they shouldn't be. So I guess it REALLY depends on the kid. My salon has a no-kids-allowed policy which I am very thankful for.

I know some people have used the phrase "had to" when referring to bringing their kids. That is not so. You don't "have to" go tan. If you can't find an appropriate place for your child to go then guess you can tan tomorrow instead.