Is tanning safe?

So, I just saw on the local news today that a 44 year old mother supposedly brought her little daughter tanning. The mother claims she never took her child tanning, but the girl had burns and told her teacher she went tanning with her mom. I found this story very disturbing. I go tanning myself, but would never let my daughter go until she's 18 and can make her own decisions. If tanning beds are used wrongly and excessively they can cause skin cancer. I usually go before summer because it's better to tan then to get sun burnt. It kind of gets my fair skin ready to be in the sun. There's no evidence showing if tanning beds are any safer than the sun, but tanning beds allow you to tan without getting pink. Here's a link of information on the tanning beds vs sunlight. TANNING This link is more alarming to me stating that having any tan means that you have some sort of skin cell damage. Any Tanning is Dangerous I know and understand the consequences of tanning, but I still feel that anything in moderation is okay. If anything weird were to happen like dark spots or weird skin growths I would definitely stop going. I also found a site that might be found interesting. It's a site where they claim this certain tanning bed actually makes you healthier. I'm not sure if I believe it, but I do find it interesting. Healthy Tanning Bed I've heard a saying once that if it's too good to be true then it probably is. I'm not writing this to scare anyone because I go tanning myself. I just want to bring up the fact that everything should be done in moderation and that children should never go tanning. That mom is crazy!