How to Dress Your Kids for Fun in the Sun Summer is the season to be outside. The kids are out of school, and hours of play outside are ahead of them each day. Ensuring their safety is essential, as is protection from the hot sun and its effects. A sunburn is dangerous for anyone but, for a child, it can be even more damaging than for an adult. Limiting their time in the sun during the middle of the day is a good idea. So is limiting outdoor activity when the UV index is especially high, because protection against ultraviolet radiation is the best way of defense against skin damage from the sun. Dressing Your Kids Appropriately Aside from sunscreen, clothing with ultraviolet protection should be used so that your kids are protected everywhere from the damaging rays. The dyes used in the clothing disrupt the light before it hits the skin. For the best effects, choose bathing suits and swim shirts with an ultraviolet protection factor, or UPF, rating of 50 or higher. For young toddlers and those in the earliest years of school, swimming trunks with UPF protection are available. There are even ones with built-in diapers…