http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html

 

ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (AP) -- Tag, you're out!

 

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston 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.

 

Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.

 

While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous. (Watch how second-grader Kelsey interpreted the rule -- 1:30)

 

Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Spokane, Washington, also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, South Carolina, school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.

 

"I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid."

 

Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.

 

PS: Thanks Gfted.

You're a bunch of idiots.

Meh, stupid people.

What the...

 

This is all kinds of fun and sad at the same time.

 

...just what are the kids supposed to do now during recess? Bored kids get all kinds of stupid ideas.

What the...

 

This is all kinds of fun and sad at the same time.

 

...just what are the kids supposed to do now during recess? Bored kids get all kinds of stupid ideas.

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Like bringing daddy's handgun to school.

That's just sad .. and it shows how far a fearful society will go (albeit a local one) .. Any society that that feels the need to restrict it's citizens to this degree is truely going down, not only a stupid, but dangerous road..

Bloody hell. Kids get hurt all the time. It is how they learn not to do stupid crap. When I was a kid I use to jump out of swings when they were at their highest. One time I jumped so far I landed on the jungle gym. *OOOF!*

 

I never did that again.

Ha... just a week or two ago we had some sort of school wellness week in our area, as part of the federal government mandated health and nutrition programs designed to fight our nation's childhood obesity problem.

 

What better way to get kids in shape then to ban them from running around at recess? I have a vision of hundreds of junior high fatties lined up on the gym bleachers playing their PSPs or DSs.

 

School district treasurers should get ready to spend some of their permanent improvement funds on treadmills for the schools... a nice safe way for junior to get his exercise.

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston 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.

Many of you seem to have overlooked this tidbit. I think many of the employees at the school would agree that the rule is stupid; they're just afraid of getting sued.

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston 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.

Many of you seem to have overlooked this tidbit. I think many of the employees at the school would agree that the rule is stupid; they're just afraid of getting sued.

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Then we're raising our children to be scared as well as soft. Nice.

If I had a kid and he or she did something stupid and got hurt I will blame the kid, not the school. If parents were actually parenting instead of relying on the media and the government to raise their kids just maybe we wouldn't be having these problems. Also it would help if people weren't so bloody sue happy in this country.

If I had a kid...

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Please God, NO!

HA!

Hey, this is America. Invading foreign countries under false pretenses is ok, but recess tag is not! Waay to violent. At least we have our priorities straight!

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston 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.

Many of you seem to have overlooked this tidbit. I think many of the employees at the school would agree that the rule is stupid; they're just afraid of getting sued.

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Yeah, reminds me of that episode of South Park when everyone was sueing everyone else for sexual harassment.

 

"No matter who wins in the courtroom today, the public school system stands to lose at least $12 million."

I have a vision of hundreds of junior high fatties lined up on the gym bleachers playing their PSPs or DSs.

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Kinda like SouthParks' "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode?

 

I will blame the kid, not the school. 

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You say that now, but I bet when you receive the bill for the new halo to keep your kids head straight you'd be whistling a different tune.

 

As mentioned in the tv report, this is pretty much about liability, I think.

Hey, its all part of raising the kid. As for the bill, it would be taken out of his or her college fund. That means he or she would have to actually get a job while attending the university, and if he or she decided not to go I guess the money is mine.

And what sort of college fund do you think you'll have for your child at the age of seven or eight? Weak.

That's the problem with kids today. They think they can get away with anything because parents are not being parents. Too many stupid bleeding hearts sticking their noses in someone elses damned business. What ever happened to spanking your kids? O NOES you get reported to the cops as child abuse. Little johnny can't play ruff on the playground any more, he might get hurt or hurt someone else.

That's the problem with kids today. They think they can get away with anything because parents are not being parents. Too many stupid bleeding hearts sticking their noses in someone elses damned business. What ever happened to spanking your kids? O NOES you get reported to the cops as child abuse. Little johnny can't play ruff on the playground any more, he might get hurt or hurt someone else. 

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lol child abuse.

And what sort of college fund do you think you'll have for your child at the age of seven or eight?  Weak.

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Well, since I would probably start one while he or she is still in the womb, and figuring $250 to $300 a month... for 8 to 9 years... I am figuring at least somewhere $20,000 to $35,000, without interest.

This thread is making me think of how much fun we used to have playing tether ball...

My friends and I played battle tether ball. It involved a tether ball and a baseball bat.

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston 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.

Many of you seem to have overlooked this tidbit. I think many of the employees at the school would agree that the rule is stupid; they're just afraid of getting sued.

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Then we're raising our children to be scared as well as soft. Nice.

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'Cautious' is probably a more accurate term than 'scared'.

 

Edit: Despite my arguments, I'm still against the decision. I just wonder how wrong it is for the school system to try to protect themselves from stupid parents.

 

 

Yeah, reminds me of that episode of South Park when everyone was sueing everyone else for sexual harassment.

 

"No matter who wins in the courtroom today, the public school system stands to lose at least $12 million." 

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Hm, I never saw that episode.

Edited October 18, 200619 yr by Skynet

This is retarded.