Mom why do i have to tan

Pictures: NJ mom accused of putting 6-year-old in tanning booth. The New York Post reports that some salons have taken extra precautions and have placed "wanted" posters behind their counters informing employees to keep her off the premises. Krentcil has said she loves tanning but wouldn't - and didn't - take her thenyear-old into a tanning booth.

Krentcil pleaded not guilty last week to a child endangerment charge. She says her daughter got sunburned outdoors. I would never -- never -- put my daughter in a tanning booth. We go out shopping. Drew and Howard Stern. Everyone looked at me like I was a horrific mom. Basically, everyone here hated me.

They were embarrassed, made fun of. Teachers made fun of me in front of my kids. I was all alone. Even her beloved tanning salons threw shade. Krentcil said she comes by her tanning habit naturally: Her father, a banker at Goldman Sachs, kept a sunlamp at their tony Cold Spring Harbor, NY, home, where he would apply goggles and bake every morning before work.

It was only a few years later when something happened that, Krentcil said, changed her life forever. She was four months pregnant with her daughter Ashley, now 23, and out at a bar in Chicago with her first husband, when a man began harassing her. Every witness said I went flying. After her arrest on April 24, Krentcil had to answer a warrant in Camden County on a probation violation.

Meanwhile, Anthony Ruccatano, the owner of City Tropics, denied the little girl was allowed into a tanning bed or even a room. He said employees told him Anna and her father waited outside while Patricia Krentcil got a tan that April 17 afternoon.

She visits up to 20 times a month, Ruccatano said, though not since April Children, he added, are never allowed in the rooms. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.