Dodgeball has been banned almost everywhere for a long time. However, banning tag is simply ridiculous. OP, I would love to hear what the administration has to say. |
OMG! I lost a front tooth playing tag as a kid. (Tooth is capped.) I continued to pplay tag after the event too! I would be furious if my kids couldn't play tag. That is absolutely ridiculous! I suddenly hate lawyers and living in DC (the land of lawyers!) Can I sue the school district for ruining childhood? Why are people so obsessed with preventing any kind of discomfort for their kids? Life has scrapes and bruises...oh wait only a fun life has scrapes and bruises. Get a life helicopter parents. |
I would sit down at the kitchen table with my son and have him write a note back telling the school that his mom and dad said he does not have to be sorry. I would attach my own note, telling the school never to send fucking garbage like that home with my kid again. |
No, it was a 'lawyer family" that started this. It was a group of helicopter mommies who could bear for their snowflake to have a boo-boo. They are also the ones who make sure that everyone gets a goody bag and birthdays, all children get a trophy or ribbon at sports and no one feels bad for any reason whatsoever. This describes the majority of women on this board. |
This, definitely. How absurd. My kids go to the German school, where they don't appear to have banned much of anything at recess--both kids frequently come home somewhat disheveled from outdoor play, which includes tag. Can't even believe that they A) banned it (WTF??) and B) made him write a note. I'd be livid if he felt bad and wrote a note like this for playing. Ugh. |
just wait until they ban you from letting them bring their own lunches from home....yeah, it's coming.
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As a mother who admittedly is a fanatic about whole foods and a religious lunch packer, I'm afraid you might be right. If this happens I have the BEST allergy ever that I can claim. I'm going to say my child is allergic to corn. All corn, including eating meat from animals that consumed grain. Corn is in EVERYTHING. It is used in preservatives, sweetener and even used on the wax coating they use on veggies. If the schools can eliminate corn, then the lunches will naturally be healthy and acceptable for human consumption. |
LOL you know very little about healthy eating then! |
This scares me. No wonder most American kids are fat. |
Stop blaming "the lawyers"--I doubt it was them. Lawyers don't usually talk people into suing, and often spend a fair amount of their consultations telling clients they don't have strong cases. It's just that people are crazy, period. |
I agree with the points being made about the wussification of American youth, childhood obesity, etc. However . . . OP, I think in your justifiable outrage about banning tag, you missed the smaller (yet more immediately relevant) point. Your kid apparently knew the rules and refused to follow them. It wasn't social protest - he wanted to play tag, and didn't care that it was against the rules. Age appropriate (mis)behavior? Absolutely. But I disagree with all those who suggest that you tell your kid he doesn't have anything to be sorry for. He should be sorry for not following the rules. Are they ridiculous? Sure. But a 5-6 year old isn't permitted to pick and choose the rules he wants to follow. I'd leave of any commentary with him about "it's a ridiculous rule, but you still have to follow it." Simply tell him that he needs to follow the rules, and address the tag issue separately with the teacher or administration. |
Tag is banned at our FCPS school. Blows my mind. The way kids get around it is by creating new games that are essentially tag but have different names. Creative problem-solving! Hanging upside down on the climbing frame is also against the rules. |
I am OP. This is what my son and his friends do..but that is why he had to write the note. He didn't think he was doing anything wrong because he is 5 and since 'tag' was banned- he was playing 'cowboys and indians'. He had no idea he was breaking this stupid rule (and this is the first I heard it was even a policy!). Trust me- if I had caught wind of this I already would have been talking to the Principal. Apparently, any game involving running and chasing is banned at our puss-bag school. I guess they should all just sit on the bench eating dorritos. The current list of rules of what they can and can't do is longer the US tax code. Recess used to be about running around like a banshee and blowing off steam. Now you have to think about the 105 different rules before you do anything. These poor kids. The day I get a note home from my 5-year old apologizing for playing tag is the day I wonder why I live here. A society that views 'tag' as a contact sport is seriously f*ked up. Musical chairs is pretty rough too...might accidentally push somebody trying to get that last chair. |
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Did you hear about the school that took away a child's lunch from home (turkey sandwich, chips and an apple) because it didn't meet guidelines for a healthy lunch? The school gave her chicken nuggets from the cafeteria instead because processed, fried, fatty chicken parts are so much better. That is where we are heading. |