00:00When it comes down to a choice between playing with your mates and putting on sunscreen,
00:04kids' brains just aren't wired to be able to make that safe choice.
00:09Applying sunscreen is one of the simplest ways Aussies can protect themselves in the harsh sun,
00:15especially when two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime.
00:21So we're asking schools across Australia to provide students with five minutes in the school day
00:27where their job is to sunscreen.
00:28Dr Kareth Whittakin launched a Change.org petition calling for a dedicated five-minute sunscreen break
00:36before lunch in every Australian school.
00:39We're not asking the schools to supply the sunscreen.
00:43We're not asking teachers to apply the sunscreen or to enforce the kids' sunscreen.
00:47We just want kids to have an opportunity to apply the sunscreen.
00:50A palliative care doctor and mum of two, Dr Whittakin said she became concerned
00:56after noticing a clear difference in sun safety between her children,
01:01one in primary school and one in kindy.
01:03What I really noticed was that my child who was in primary school
01:07was developing a tan and getting sun damage on his skin at a really alarming rate.
01:11And, what I really noticed was that my parents' experience was a few months ago.
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