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[quote=Anonymous]My Kindergartner had to write a note home yesterday to apologize for playing tag at recess.  WTF??!?!?!?!?!!?!!!!!!!  Apparently, the school has banned tag because some kid got scratched this year.  I am guessing it is one of the 99.9% of the 2 household lawyer families at our school.

I did some research and found that this trend started in this country around 2006.  Tag is the most innocuous childhood game out there.  It is the best for combatting obesity because it involves the most running.  What pisses me off even more is this school keeps the playing fields covered in a tarp from November-end of March so the kids are left with the blacktop and playground? WHY, WHY, WHY?  This is not the frickin' Meadowlands--it is an elem school and the field is used for little kids to play soccer.  We don't need pro-conditions.  We had the mildest winter ever and they couldn't even run on the g-damn grass.

"Kids like to play, and sometimes, they get hurt. There is a lesson in getting up, brushing yourself off, and getting back in the game. If we ban tag, we are sending the wrong message: "Kids, we live in fear. We are afraid that your game may cause injuries. We are afraid that some children are being chased more than others, and that this game is a form of bullying. But we are mostly afraid of the price tag of lawsuits."

"If we keep taking away children's games, what's left but acting grownup?"

It's vital to let kids be kids – in an environment free from fear. Letting them chase one another in a game of tag may prevent problems down the road. Children who aren't afraid of a skinned knee or a bruised ego or of being tagged "it" are more likely to chase rainbows as adolescents, and dreams as young adults. They're the ones who won't be afraid of going for "it" in life."

I feel sorry for the teachers.  These kids that aren't being allowed to run around are going to need to release that energy somewhere...and now it will be in the classroom instead of outside.

So--tell me==is this happening at your school too?  Are you afraid of tag?

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