This could be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of. There’s a school district in Massachusetts that’s banned kids from playing tag during recess. Why? Because they’re afraid of someone getting hurt and suing.
I’m serious. I wish I wasn’t, but I am.
I feel like yelling and ranting and raving about this subject (I feel rather strongly about our “entirely too timid/I would hate to offend anybody” society), but I’ll leave it at this: if we shelter our kids to the extent of not letting them run around during recess, not only are we robbing them of their childhood, we’re going to raise a generation of sissies that would easily be overrun by the French. And we can’t have that.
Sucking the life out of youth
This could be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of. There’s a school district in Massachusetts that’s banned kids from playing tag during recess. Why? Because they’re afraid of someone getting hurt and suing.
I’m serious. I wish I wasn’t, but I am. I feel like yelling and ranting and raving about this subject (I feel rather strongly about our “entirely too timid/I would hate to offend anybody” society), but I’ll leave it at this: if we shelter our kids to the extent of not letting them run around during recess, not only are we robbing them of their childhood, we’re going to raise a generation of sissies that would easily be overrun by the French. And we can’t have that.Tagged: Commentary, Life