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School Bans 'Tag'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sorry-fun-has-been-cancelled dept.

GillBates0 writes "CNN is carrying a story about a school in Boston which has have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable. According to the article, some elementary schools in other states have similarly banned "unsupervised contact sports". A parent was quoted as saying that her son feels safer now and that she'd witnessed enough 'near collisions.'" See, it's not just dangerous virtual games that are harmful to children!

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  1. Attleboro, MA <> Boston, MA by el_gordo101 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Attleboro, MA is not in Boston as the posting states, it is a small city south of Boston.

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  2. Re:WTF? by steveo777 · · Score: 4, Informative
    Are you referring to Hard Times? Dickens was a magnificent author, and was horrified that the government was allowing the schools to take away the ability of a student to make an error. Stuff like the article is what he was writing about. Let kids be kids. Just make sure they know there are consequences to be paid if they intentionally do something that they shouldn't. None of this, "Timmy, if you don't stop pulling your sister's hair I'll count to three and give you a time out." shit.. If the kid knows what he/she is doing is wrong, then he/she can be punished.


        By and far Dickens is my favorite author.

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  3. Re:WTF? by Knuckles · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is the inevitable result of big government

    If you actually correlate government size/responsibilities with overprotection of kids, I think you will come to very different conclusions. (Hint: this stuff happens in the US and never in Europe)

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  4. Re:Simple Child Care by clayanderson · · Score: 5, Informative

    So let's do what we do best: /. 'em.

    Write to the principal who implemented this rule: gheppe@attleboroschools.com

    And to her boss, the superintendent: pdurkin@attleboroschools.com

    And to anyone else you can find on this page: http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=so&ot=5 &o=68&so=70-6