(HealthDayNews) -- A day at the beach can be fun for the kids, but it will be safer for them if there's a woman along.
That's because researchers at Loyola University in Chicago say women seem to better understand the importance of sun protection.
As reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the researchers studied the influence of adult supervision on sunburn in children. After interviewing 503 families, they concluded that most cases of child sunburn are associated with having too much confidence in sunscreens.
Moreover, men are more likely to allow their children to become burned or tanned, and are more likely to compliment a child on how good he or she looks with a tan.
