So cute!

LOVE them. Such a cute and stylish family!

HA! I have to ask if my sister saw them at all since she lives just off Laguna Beach. I know it's a big beach, but, you never know.

Very cute!!! Kingston looks like he has quite a tan already. I just wish Gwen would have worn a bathing suit and had a bit more fun with her boys.

CUTE....

damn! and i stayed home last Saturday! i should've gone to the beach with my cousins since they were there.. but nooo, i just had to be lazy!

Awwwwww! sooooo cute! What a Gorgeous Family.

whoa i've never seen gwen this taned before.

Shame on Gwen for not putting sun block on the baby. Any time you get a change in skin color due to the sun, it has already damaged the skin. He's too young to make his own choices about tanning or not. Gwen should be slathering the SPF on until he's old enough to say yes or no to skin damage.

I can't believe she let that baby get so dark either, FeFiFoFum

I agree he should be slathered in SPF, but in one picture he looks normal and in the other he's like 3 times darker, so maybe it's just a weird picture.

You can see in on picture she is applying lotion to her hubby - so bet she put sun block on the kid too - you were not there so, neither was I but I am not rushing to judge her either - note that the kid has a hat for sun protection also...so negative fe fi

I lather my kids in Sunscreen and they still tan. So does that mean shame on me too?

Sorry for your loss, but you have NO idea if she sunscreens her child.

Then you're not using the right kind. Thanks for trying to be a smart a@@ too with your comment. But since you mentioned it, YES shame on you for not getting quality sunscreen that stays on. Your kids should NOT be tanning if you get the right kind of sun screen and take the necessary precautions. My kids don't tan or burn, I make sure of that.

Yes I do! I can see his skin for goodness sakes! That is not the skin of a protected child!

Tsk tsk, little miss judge-mental.
My kids are partly Native American and lathered in the best stuff they have out there and several times.

Like I said, You have NO idea if she sunscreens her child!

fe fi everyone here is sorry for your loss and hopefully most here understand the damage that the sun can do...but none of us was there and just because the photos look like his skin has changed color does not mean it did in reality - I do not know if the photographer used a filter - or changed any of the finished product...I choose to believe that she is an informed parent and takes precautions to protect her child. I think that is all anyone is trying to get across, but obviously and for good reason this is a very difficult subject for you.

I can see why everyone loves this family but really Gavin makes my skin crawl. I really don't like him for trying to create this picture perfect family and not acknowledging his daughter Daisy.

I could wear spf 100 if they made it and put it on when i woke up in the am put it on before i left the house and again when i got to the beach and then again 2 hours later and i would still change color. Peoples skin is all different and to say that she didnt do everything to protect him is shame on you for being so negative.

"Shame on Gwen for not putting sun block on the baby. Any time you get a change in skin color due to the sun, it has already damaged the skin. He's too young to make his own choices about tanning or not. Gwen should be slathering the SPF on until he's old enough to say yes or no to skin damage." I agree!!! That's the first thing I said when i saw this picture!

Wow, that little guy is tan. My nephew is like that though. When the thermometer goes up, his skin browns even with sunblock.

I definitely understand the melanoma warning though. I knew someone who died way too young after being stricken.

This isn't related to Gavin and Gwen, but I read that in Japan, it's prized to have white skin and they have some of the best sunscreens over there for that reason. But for some women, no matter how much of the sunscreen they put on, they still turn brown - not red, but brown. And apparently being brown/tan has a negative connotation for them so that's why in addition to the high SPFs you see, there are also numerous skin bleaching/whitening products.

I know this isn't true for everyone, but the boy has some Italian in him and it could be that he tans easily even with sunblock.

Thanks THE PERFECT SCORE. I see there is someone else who understands the dangers of too much sun. Dermatologist have also found a link between developing skin caner and the age you were when you got your first sun burn. Obviously, the younger the worse it is.

awww look at kingston all sunkissed

LOL, it doesn't matter what you have in you!!! Don't you people get it? There are even African Americans that have died from skin cancer.

WHEN YOUR SKIN CHANGES COLORS, THAT MEANS THE SUN HAS ALREADY DAMAGED THE SKIN. THE PIGMENT COMING OUT DUE TO SUN EXPOSURE, IS A REACTION TO DAMAGED SKIN. Are you all not understanding that? It doesn't matter what you have in you.

My father's mother was a Catawba full blooded Indian from the South Carolina, yet my sister still died from skin cancer. She had a beautiful tan, very dark and was stunning against her blonde hair...but it was killing her on the inside. Being Italian or any other race does not make you immune to skin cancer or sun damage. Look at the Indians in the midwest, their skin all cracked and they look 100 yrs old when they are only 65. It's called SUN DAMAGE.

My husband is from Hawaii and darker than most American Indians. My children are half Hawaiian and they STILL DON'T TAN because I don't allow it when they are with me. They wear their hats, wind breakers, an sun screens. I would never have my kids out in full on sun without covering them in suncreen or clothing. We like swimming when the sun is going down, it's relaxing and not near as hot or damaging.
My children would get as dark as my husband if I let them BAKE in the sun, BUT I don't. Yes their skin pigmentation is darker than a Caucasians, but it is NOT because of the sun. lol, what is your "partly" American Indian statement mean. I think almost everyone in America is "partly" American Indian. My grandmother was full blooded Indian but I still have blonde hair, like I said, almost everyone in America has American Indian ties somewhere. That doesn't mean you can hang out in the sun all day and not worry about skin damage.

They make SPF 70 and it's not made to put it on and stay out in the sun expecting it to work miracles. You have to be responsible enough to know when to reapply it and are supposed to wear protective clothing and hats, and along with the SPFs, that is what saves your skin. It's ludicrous to think you can put it on and think it will work all day. To the ones that think I'm being so negative, I really COULD NOT CARE LESS what you think. I prob look younger than any of you at the same age and I can rest assured knowing I did my part in protecting my kids skin. I don't care what any of you do to your skin, this is a free country. I do have a problem with parents that don't protect their kid's skin. It's a problem that only dermatologist talk about, not the general public. Just like wearing a coat when it's cold, parents should make sure they are wearing SPF to the max amount, before going out when the sun's rays are it's strongest.
ANY TYPE OF COLOR CHANGE ON SKIN is SUN DAMAGE. I don't care if you are black or white or AMERICAN INDIAN. If your skin changes in the sunlight, then it has damaged the skin. END OF STORY.

Nice tan on Kingston. JUST KIDDING! Trying to lighten the mood here....

Fefi, sorry about your loss, I agree moms should be really careful about that with their babies. I shudder to think about all the damage done to my skin from living in So Cal and not wearing sunscreen until I was in my teens.

I saw pictures from this day and she WAS putting sunscreen on Kingston AND Gavin. The people around here really need to lighten up.

Wow, just read the comments and wanted to add that I use doctor recommended, waterproof, SPF 50 on my olive skinned son and he still gets color after a few hours in the sun. Oh, and I apply it about 1/2 hour before going outside. So what am I doing wrong Fefi? I understand you went through a rough life situation, but I don't think you have the right to attack other people on here. If you want to educate others, try doing it in a more positive way.

They are SO adorable!

I put high quality, very high SPF sunscreen on my son before we even get in the car and reapply consistently and he still tans super fast. I do the same to myself and I still tan. My husband and daughter with the same sunscreen routine hardly change color at all. Short of never going outside, there's not much you can do besides religously using good sunscreen.

what a cute family!

Right Jennifer 76, I mean I really don't want to clothe my kid from head to toe while we're at the beach. I want him to be a kid and have fun, not sit under a tent the whole time.

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That's YOUR choice. But you owe it to your child not to put him in harm's way, and letting him "be a kid" and get sun burned repeatedly is exposing him to many dangers. There are so many other choices you have other than "sitting under a tent" and you know that.

At least use sunscreen or if you don't want to do that, then at least keep him/her indoors until after the peak time during the day when the radiation is really beating down hard is over. Educate him or her and let them see pictures of what can happen and what will happen (premature aging) with repeated exposure to the sun. Then when they get to adolescence then it can be his or her choice, but until then I think parents need to be parents and protect their kids. My kids used to want to run around outside with no shoes on during thunder/lightening storms...I didn't give in to them just for the fact of kids being kids. It was a small chance that they would have gotten struck by lightening, but it's a 100 percent chance that the sun will damage their skin.

So you can do what you want and call it letting a kid be a kid all you want, but I call it not wanting to take the extra time to protect your kids.

i call it judging a situation that you only know through a teleprompter lens, that has been developed and posted on a gossip site.

anyhoo, how cute!

Awww, Kingston looks so cute in his little hat.

GAWIN's body is not that great eh?

Just because people have different views or different life experiences doesnt mean they dont "get it". Sorry for your loss but damn, not everyone is so passionate about the sun.

i think that people are being presumptuous here...i'm sure they are responsible parents about SPF and all that - so to think that you know what's happened prior to the picture being taken.....it's just not right.

i love this family together though and i can't wait until the new addition comes.

Wow, some people need to chill...seriously. Didn't you know that stress is harmful to your health. I understand your loss, but not everyone is "blue-eyed, blond hair" ie...not every one is the same. I have very pale skin, I wear SPF 50, slather it on a half an hour before I go out, and I usually only go out in the sun for about an hour a day, that is with a hat and usually fully covered. Guess what, my freckles still darken with any sun-exposure, and my doctor says thats normal. But really, with your loss its understandable that you get up in arms over the issue, but to judge another parent to the extent of your preaching when she isn't even able to defend herself, thats just arrogant.

arrogant?

I think she was just stating facts and I think everyone could do a better job when it came to sun protection. We don't do it because it's a business and most people think Tan skin looks better so most people aren't going to actively do something that will make them less attractive.
Sad but true. I used to work in a suntanning salon and we were not allowed to say the word "cancer". Even though the statistics said otherwise we could never say it was actually harmful. We had girls that were 11 yrs old coming in and with their mother's signature it was Ok. When asked if it was harmful we could only say that it was their personal choice to tan but tanned skin is more attractive and the sun does have benefits. Our owner developed a black mole on her cheek and it came back as melanoma. She sold the company and moved so I don't know what happened to her. I personally agree with FeFi and more people need to be aware of the dangers. People just don't want to acknowledge it because it is an appearance thing. As far as parents go, yeah they need to be educated too because if a child has a sunburn more than 5 times before he/she is 14 yrs old, then his/her chances of developing skin cancer are increased by 5 fold. It is a disturbing statistic but one that people need to be aware of.

Thanks FEFI for trying to bring awareness. I for one appreciate it

oh, one more thing

My cousin's husband is African American and was diagnosed with skin cancer because of a black mole on his shoulder that started changing. He would ride his motorcycle all the time with just a muscle shirt on and he never thought about sun screen because of his complexion and growing up he said he never even owned sunscreen, it wasn't even in the house.

Luckily it didn't spread and he just had it removed and a bout of treatments to make sure it hadn't spread to any other part of his body. His doctor told him to never go in the sun without protection or sunscreen even though he's African American it didn't matter. He uses it religiously now and especially on his kids! It's funny to see all the white sunscreen on him but he said he'd rather be alive than worry about what someone thinks about his looks.

this is a really important topic, no matter how it is approached: people need to be made aware. i have a family history of skin cancer - my grandfather lost most of his nose and parts of his ears to it and my father has to have spots scraped off his face and ears all the time. i am the most fair-skinned person in my family and worry non-stop. luckily my mother slathered me with sunscreen and i get checked regularly. my doctor (who is pretty renowned in the skin cancer field) is always impressed with my complexion.

mothers, please protect your children's skin religiously for as long as possible. it could make the difference later on in life.

Wow, I'm going to avoid attacking people here *ahem* and just say that this family is adorable. And Kingston is about as cute as they come.

I agree with StrawberryBlonde. I'm not going to criticize any one's parenting, but I think that everyone should be more cautious when it comes to skin protection. One of my best friends, a beautiful olive-skinned Italian, got skin cancer when she ONLY EIGHTTEEN and it nearly killed her. While I know that this does not happen to everyone, parents still need to protect their children. My friend almost lost her life when it just beginning, so I urge parents to do everything they can to prevent this from happening to their child!

I claim arrogance simply because instead of stating her opinion and some facts (which she did and I whole-heartedly agree with them), she berrated anyone who came to Gwen's defense (we weren't there, we don't know) with big capital letters and a huge defensive attitude and she did that about 5 times. Other than that, I completely agree with her. Parents should be "religious" about their childrens skin-care but at the same time I find it very rude that people's parenting skills are trashed simply because their children don't wear a lb. of sunscreen and live underground. I just don't like to judge people's parenting skills when they aren't even able to defend themselves.

thanks to the ones who understand the importance. This seems to be a subject that falls into the "if it hasn't affected me or my family, then it really doesn't matter" category.

Let me tell you, that once it does affect you or a love one, then it becomes VERY important and nothing to just "overlook". There is nothing arrogant or overly sensitive about taking precautions that could save a child's life.

I didn't TRASH or berate Gwen by the way, I said "shame on her" (lol it's amazing the perception of SOME people :shaking head:) which is MILD compared to what was said to me by some members on here.

Fefi, your avatar is of a young "sunburned" Angelina Jolie. I find that a bit ironic, unless you're just trying to use the photo to bring awareness to the suntanning issue. Or is it because you think she looks pretty in the photo? In that case I call it hypocritical.

I said earlier that I apply waterproof SPF 50 sunscreen to my son's skin and then I let him play on the beach (with a hat on also). Your response was that it's my choice if I want to let him burn. My son has not had a sunburn in his life, but gradually, over the summer he has developed some color. But maybe that's a sunburn to you.
I don't want to bash you, because I agree with protecting your child's skin. Maybe we're not all as good at it as you.

I have her avatar (had well before this post ever came up) showing the young and wild Angelina. While she was making mistakes and regretting some of her actions. In other words and photo of her long before she grew some sense. I love this photo because it is a picture of a girl who has made many mistakes in life, but she still managed to turn it around and do great things in life...including protecting her children.

You are reading way too much into this, if you think I chose this because she has a "sunburn". (and you said I over-react )