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Tag. It's a viscious game. Can you imagine the horrible scuffs and scrapes possible if a child should trip? The agony of being "it?" The irreperable damage caused to their precious little egos if, God Forbid, little Suzie wasn't particularly good at that game?

No, games like tag have no place in our enlightened world.

How would kids possibly be prepared for real life if they had to endure games where tenacity and effort rewarded them? Where they learn that they might not be the best at everything? Where they might learn to lose and win with grace? Where they might come to enjoy physical exertion?

Real life isn't like that is it? you don't actually get rewarded for succeeding and not just trying do you?


It's a good thing that some schoolboards are on the ball on this. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549327,00.html) Because physical exercise and competition is EXACTLY what our children don't need!



Game over for students in Attleboro, Mass., who yelled "You're it!" one final time at Willett Elementary School last week. The school has forbidden tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess, a move that made national headlines. As in schools from South Carolina to Wyoming that have implemented similar bans recently, Attleboro administrators cite fears that children could get hurt and their parents might sue. According to some parents, another factor was concern that such games could hurt self-esteem if, say, one kid were always "it."


Thank god! A new generation of fat, stupid, whiners with a well developed sense of personal entitlement is assured now! Their future never looked so good!

It's important to teach kids not to compete against each other, but rather to cooperate. Games like Tag should be banned and replaced with more creative activities like modern interpretive dance or skipping gaily around in circles. It will teach them to be passive and non-confrontational and well behaved. That way when these kids grow up and I'm old and weak I'll still be able to kick their asses and take their wallets.

That way when these kids grow up and I'm old and weak I'll still be able to kick their asses and take their wallets.

Octogenarian power! Octogenarian power! Octogenarian power!

I can't believe that they want to ban tag. It is a childish game that we all play, I agree with both of you guys on this matter. What is this nations coming to?:confused:

I can't believe that they want to ban tag. It is a childish game that we all play, I agree with both of you guys on this matter. What is this nations coming to?:confused:

We're getting pussified instead of civilized. Some people can't tell the difference.

Exactly...

:headbang: (Need I say anything?)

It's a good thing that some schoolboards are on the ball on this. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549327,00.html) Because physical exercise and competition is EXACTLY what our children don't need!And what schools don't need, is getting sued because a kid trips and scrapes its knee and has litigious parents.
The problem lies with the legal system, the people abusing it, and school administrators' fear of said system and people.

And what schools don't need, is getting sued because a kid trips and scrapes its knee and has litigious parents.
The problem lies with the legal system, the people abusing it, and school administrators' fear of said system and people.

Sad but true. It really does make me want to take the parents who complained aside and slap some sense into them. I'm not a very violent person but, being open-minded, I am willing to make exceptions.

And what schools don't need, is getting sued because a kid trips and scrapes its knee and has litigious parents.
The problem lies with the legal system, the people abusing it, and school administrators' fear of said system and people.

There is that too.

WAit another year or two and you'll have to have your kid bubble-wrapped and wheeled into class each day on a dolly.... just to be safe!

Unless younger children are being routinely trampled by the older kids (as happened at my old junior school) then this is moronic.

So create a waiver form. I mean we already have to sign 20 pieces of papers just to register for school what is one more going to do that states "if your kid gets injured while playing in any school activity it isn't the schools fault and you can't overuse the legal system." I mean it wouldn't be that hard. And then the kids can still be kids. I mean getting expelled for playing a game? WTF

Unless younger children are being routinely trampled by the older kids (as happened at my old junior school) then this is moronic.

Well, but even so, you haul the older kids down to the principal's office and read them riot act. Maybe the worst offenders get suspended. But banning a kids' game? Feh.

I never played tag at school, and I'm not a "fat, stupid, whiner." I guess maybe tag isn't the end-all be-all of character development?

I never played tag at school, and I'm not a "fat, stupid, whiner." I guess maybe tag isn't the end-all be-all of character development?

That wasn't the point that was trying to be made. It was first tag gets banned, second they take away playgrounds because all the kids rush it at one time making kids fall off the stairs and monkey bars, it is the beginning of the end of school play.

That wasn't the point that was trying to be made. It was first tag gets banned, second they take away playgrounds because all the kids rush it at one time making kids fall off the stairs and monkey bars, it is the beginning of the end of school play.

Ah, well yeah, that's how banning things goes. Sorta like first they ban cigarettes, then they take away the right to an attourney.

I never played tag at school, and I'm not a "fat, stupid, whiner." I guess maybe tag isn't the end-all be-all of character development?

You probably played something else like dodgeball. Either that or you're lying about not being a fat, stupid, whiner. Just kidding. :D

That wasn't the point that was trying to be made. It was first tag gets banned, second they take away playgrounds because all the kids rush it at one time making kids fall off the stairs and monkey bars, it is the beginning of the end of school play.

As far as I can tell, modern kids don't get to play all that much anyway. Unless it's a scheduled "play date." :rolleyes: *getting all middle-aged* In my day, we didn't have "play dates!" You went outside, saw who was around and ... and played. Made stuff up. Ran around. Got dirty. The parental units (moms, mostly, this was the 50's and 60's) kept an eye out but they didn't hover. *wanders off, muttering in a curmudgeonly way*

You probably played something else like dodgeball. Either that or you're lying about not being a fat, stupid, whiner. Just kidding. :D

After his last comment. AGREED:cool:

We're getting pussified instead of civilized. Some people can't tell the difference.

Dead-on correct.

With each day that goes by, my kids will be more and more bizarre and abnormal. I don't know whether to be pleased or disturbed. :p

It's important to teach kids not to compete against each other, but rather to cooperate. Games like Tag should be banned and replaced with more creative activities like modern interpretive dance or skipping gaily around in circles. It will teach them to be passive and non-confrontational and well behaved. That way when these kids grow up and I'm old and weak I'll still be able to kick their asses and take their wallets.

I'm with you on this. Here's a list (http://thephatphree.com/features.asp?SectionID=11&StoryID=2800&LayoutType=1) of the games we should ban next.

You probably played something else like dodgeball. Either that or you're lying about not being a fat, stupid, whiner. Just kidding. :D

I'm not fat, I'm big-boned. :p

No, I did play dodgeball. And we played that game where you throw a tennis ball at a wall, and if you miss, you have to run up and touch the wall before someone pegs you with the ball. I became really good at dodging there too cuz everyone wanted to hit me with the ball. One time they even cheated just cuz I'd always dodge skillfully, and they grabbed me from behind with like three guys and tried to hold me still to peg me with the ball. But even there they missed. SUCKAS!

I learned a valuable life lesson - I rock, others suck.

I never played tag at school, and I'm not a "fat, stupid, whiner." I guess maybe tag isn't the end-all be-all of character development?

Your personal decision not to play tag, and an institutionalized rule "forbidd[ing] tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess" because, in part, of "concern that such games could hurt self-esteem" are two completely different things.

Welcome to what I refer to as the "pussification of the American youth."

There is that too.

WAit another year or two and you'll have to have your kid bubble-wrapped and wheeled into class each day on a dolly.... just to be safe!

And they will all be carefully delivered to their respective lunch rooms, that are carefully swept daily for any trace amounts of peanuts or milk.

It's important to teach kids not to compete against each other, but rather to cooperate. Games like Tag should be banned and replaced with more creative activities like modern interpretive dance or skipping gaily around in circles. It will teach them to be passive and non-confrontational and well behaved. That way when these kids grow up and I'm old and weak I'll still be able to kick their asses and take their wallets.

ROFLMAO

*adds to sig*

I never played tag at school, and I'm not a "fat, stupid, whiner." I guess maybe tag isn't the end-all be-all of character development?

I dunno, that sounded pretty whiney to me.

I'm not fat, I'm big-boned. :p

No, I did play dodgeball. And we played that game where you throw a tennis ball at a wall, and if you miss, you have to run up and touch the wall before someone pegs you with the ball. I became really good at dodging there too cuz everyone wanted to hit me with the ball. One time they even cheated just cuz I'd always dodge skillfully, and they grabbed me from behind with like three guys and tried to hold me still to peg me with the ball. But even there they missed. SUCKAS!

I learned a valuable life lesson - I rock, others suck.


What? you had to run up to a wall?


Include that in their ban.

It is a) competitive, and b) could be construed as a "chase" game, and c) inherently as risky running up to a solid object as running across the yard.

Clearly it would violate the rules as described in the article.

Welcome to what I refer to as the "pussification of the American youth."

Thanks. Dont we ALL get a trophy now? It wouldnt be fair otherwise.

It doesnt matter if you win or lose, its wether or not you're a precious pussy.

I sucked at tag, but I loved playing it. Sheesh.

Ugh. I can just see all our nation's youth sitting dociley in a circle on the playground with their hands in their laps getting ritalin pills tossed at them.

Isn't dodge ball also on the ticket because of its "exclusionary" principle?

Your personal decision not to play tag, and an institutionalized rule "forbidd[ing] tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess" because, in part, of "concern that such games could hurt self-esteem" are two completely different things.

It's called self-esteem. How can someone else mess up a persons self-esteem???

I'm with you on this. Here's a list (http://thephatphree.com/features.asp?SectionID=11&StoryID=2800&LayoutType=1) of the games we should ban next.

Nice link.

I dunno, that sounded pretty whiney to me.

Well, the original post does too. Waah, no more tag at school! Think of the children! Help, it's Satan!

One can construe anything to be whining, except maybe the most apathetic, uninspired and pointless of non-statements.

Your personal decision not to play tag, and an institutionalized rule "forbidd[ing] tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess" because, in part, of "concern that such games could hurt self-esteem" are two completely different things.

It wasn't a personal decision, no one really played that at school. That was more the kind of thing you did when you were bored at a boy scout meeting. Along with Smear the Queer.

Someone should start a "Best of Drunk Commies Deleted" thread.

I was never the biggest,strongest or fastest as a child.

I never liked getting hit squarely in the kisser with a red dodge-ball, thrown by a monster that got left back twice.

I know those unpleasant experiences taught me to cope, to adapt and overcome. I think I'm more secure now because of those types of experiences. I'm 39 years old now and I'm still not the fastest or strongest, and I dont like confrontations-But, I wont back down form one, I have no paralyzing fear of the unknown and my self confidence and trial by error honed abilities will allow me to overcome most confrontations I'll face now, weather through brute force or skill.

I'm not scarred because I was "it" once. It made me strive not to be "it".

If rules are in place to keep you from being "it" as a child, its likely you'll always be "it" when those precious rules dont preserve a force field around you as an adult.

You fucking pussy.

children must be placed in bubble wrap, slide can not be more then 2 ft off the ground and no more then a 1/60 slope. it is illegal to reward any child when another child is present in case it hurts the other child. it is also illegal to tell a child off because that takes away that childs free will.

Isn't dodge ball also on the ticket because of its "exclusionary" principle?

Don't you think that sitting on the sideline watching the game and teaching the kids to learn from what they are seeing to be better wouldn't be considered "exclusionary" if that is even a word.

Someone should start a "Best of Drunk Commies Deleted" thread.

That would be a long one. The majority of his posts are classics.

children must be placed in bubble wrap, slide can not be more then 2 ft off the ground and no more then a 1/60 slope. it is illegal to reward any child when another child is present in case it hurts the other child. it is also illegal to tell a child off because that takes away that childs free will.

Well put. Now all the kids will just walk around thinking of :gundge:

children must be placed in bubble wrap, slide can not be more then 2 ft off the ground and no more then a 1/60 slope. it is illegal to reward any child when another child is present in case it hurts the other child. it is also illegal to tell a child off because that takes away that childs free will.

All children must now be given As or Bs (preferably As) because low grades will lower their self esteem. This is regardless of whether they do their assignments or not.

Now in math, 2+2 can equal 5 so long as little Johnny feels happy with himself.

Don't you think that sitting on the sideline watching the game and teaching the kids to learn from what they are seeing to be better wouldn't be considered "exclusionary" if that is even a word.

I really don't think kids care too much. They have fun when they're IT, they sit and poke each other when they're on the bench.

and...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exclusionary :D

I really don't think kids care too much. They have fun when they're IT, they sit and poke each other when they're on the bench.

and...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exclusionary :D

This is true. And thank you for the link to defining exclusionary.

and...


Now in math, 2+2 can equal 5 so long as little Johnny feels happy with himself.

Can 2+2= fish

because if not it is going to hurt my self-esteem

This is true. And thank you for the link to defining exclusionary.

and...



Can 2+2= fish

because if not it is going to hurt my self-esteem

I smell a new television show-based campaign...

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

Those of you who have been following the KPFK/NION/HUSTLER dispute already know what I was about to find out: Robert Jensen is not only against pornography; he is against masculinity as well. He believes the very attributes of maleness need to be redefined. He doesn't want you to watch football or play it either. He thinks it makes men too aggressive. He thinks porn and sports are at least partly responsible for child and spousal abuse. "The traditional traits associated with masculinity in this culture are control, domination, toughness, hypercompetitiveness, emotional repression [and] aggressive violence," Jensen wrote in 2002. "My approach to all this is simple: Masculinity is a bad idea, for everyone, and it's time to get rid of it."http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

maybe he's right- we should all just bend over and present ourselves.


:p

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

Those of you who have been following the KPFK/NION/HUSTLER dispute already know what I was about to find out: Robert Jensen is not only against pornography; he is against masculinity as well. He believes the very attributes of maleness need to be redefined. He doesn't want you to watch football or play it either. He thinks it makes men too aggressive. He thinks porn and sports are at least partly responsible for child and spousal abuse. "The traditional traits associated with masculinity in this culture are control, domination, toughness, hypercompetitiveness, emotional repression [and] aggressive violence," Jensen wrote in 2002. "My approach to all this is simple: Masculinity is a bad idea, for everyone, and it's time to get rid of it."

http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

I thought it was the goal of several federal bureaus to protect society specifically from dangerous people like these?

I guess they've already been pussified as well :p

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

Those of you who have been following the KPFK/NION/HUSTLER dispute already know what I was about to find out: Robert Jensen is not only against pornography; he is against masculinity as well. He believes the very attributes of maleness need to be redefined. He doesn't want you to watch football or play it either. He thinks it makes men too aggressive. He thinks porn and sports are at least partly responsible for child and spousal abuse. "The traditional traits associated with masculinity in this culture are control, domination, toughness, hypercompetitiveness, emotional repression [and] aggressive violence," Jensen wrote in 2002. "My approach to all this is simple: Masculinity is a bad idea, for everyone, and it's time to get rid of it."

http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

I thought it was the goal of several federal bureaus to protect society specifically from dangerous people like these?

I guess they've already been pussified as well :p

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

Those of you who have been following the KPFK/NION/HUSTLER dispute already know what I was about to find out: Robert Jensen is not only against pornography; he is against masculinity as well. He believes the very attributes of maleness need to be redefined. He doesn't want you to watch football or play it either. He thinks it makes men too aggressive. He thinks porn and sports are at least partly responsible for child and spousal abuse. "The traditional traits associated with masculinity in this culture are control, domination, toughness, hypercompetitiveness, emotional repression [and] aggressive violence," Jensen wrote in 2002. "My approach to all this is simple: Masculinity is a bad idea, for everyone, and it's time to get rid of it."

http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

I thought it was the goal of several federal bureaus to protect society specifically from dangerous people like these?

I guess they've already been pussified as well :p

I think this banning of childhood games is part of a greater problem. As the "Pussification" posts in this thread suggest, it seems to me that some elements in American society want to redefine masculinity. It's happening in the media as well as on the playground.

Those of you who have been following the KPFK/NION/HUSTLER dispute already know what I was about to find out: Robert Jensen is not only against pornography; he is against masculinity as well. He believes the very attributes of maleness need to be redefined. He doesn't want you to watch football or play it either. He thinks it makes men too aggressive. He thinks porn and sports are at least partly responsible for child and spousal abuse. "The traditional traits associated with masculinity in this culture are control, domination, toughness, hypercompetitiveness, emotional repression [and] aggressive violence," Jensen wrote in 2002. "My approach to all this is simple: Masculinity is a bad idea, for everyone, and it's time to get rid of it."

http://www.larryflynt.com/notebook.php?id=139

I thought it was the goal of several federal bureaus to protect society specifically from dangerous people like these?

I guess they've already been pussified as well :p

Hitting the submit button repeatedly doesn't speed up your posting. It only makes a mess.

Hitting the submit button repeatedly doesn't speed up your posting. It only makes a mess.

And here I thought you got quadruple quoted!

What I think it is, most of the kids that are enrolled in schools now days have parents that were apart of the massive computer geek era, so they didn't like playing school activities, which rubbed off onto the offspring causing them to be little pussy ass bitches. I am starting to think that everyone needs to get maced in the face as a 1st grader so that they know what pain is and can handle getting hit by a ball or taged. I mean DAMN this is what is causing all the school :mp5: don't you think!

Tag. It's a viscious game. Can you imagine the horrible scuffs and scrapes possible if a child should trip? The agony of being "it?" The irreperable damage caused to their precious little egos if, God Forbid, little Suzie wasn't particularly good at that game?

No, games like tag have no place in our enlightened world.

How would kids possibly be prepared for real life if they had to endure games where tenacity and effort rewarded them? Where they learn that they might not be the best at everything? Where they might learn to lose and win with grace? Where they might come to enjoy physical exertion?

Real life isn't like that is it? you don't actually get rewarded for succeeding and not just trying do you?


It's a good thing that some schoolboards are on the ball on this. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549327,00.html) Because physical exercise and competition is EXACTLY what our children don't need!




Thank god! A new generation of fat, stupid, whiners with a well developed sense of personal entitlement is assured now! Their future never looked so good!
The way I see it, you shouldn't be able to ban tag. Tag should prepare people for the way of the world (albeit in a very minor way), where some people are better suited to certain aspects of it than others. If you are the one that is always it, then you need to do something about it.

The way I see it, you shouldn't be able to ban tag. Tag should prepare people for the way of the world (albeit in a very minor way), where some people are better suited to certain aspects of it than others. If you are the one that is always it, then you need to do something about it.

Thank you for reiterating this entire thread:headbang:

As far as I can tell, modern kids don't get to play all that much anyway. Unless it's a scheduled "play date." :rolleyes: *getting all middle-aged* In my day, we didn't have "play dates!" You went outside, saw who was around and ... and played. Made stuff up. Ran around. Got dirty. The parental units (moms, mostly, this was the 50's and 60's) kept an eye out but they didn't hover. *wanders off, muttering in a curmudgeonly way*

It was that way in the 80s too... then came the pussy era, the 90s. Man am I glad I hit the double digits early in that decade. My parents didn't watch over me.

It was that way in the 80s too... then came the pussy era, the 90s. Man am I glad I hit the double digits early in that decade. My parents didn't watch over me.

Hey watch yourself man. I was a kid in that "pussy" 90's era. And I played all the hardcore games. I got fucked up a lot because I was the smallest one, but I never stopped playing. So watch it fool. :D

It was that way in the 80s too... then came the pussy era, the 90s. Man am I glad I hit the double digits early in that decade. My parents didn't watch over me.

Hey watch yourself man. I was a kid in that "pussy" 90's era. And I played all the hardcore games. I got fucked up a lot because I was the smallest one, but I never stopped playing. So watch it fool. :D

I like to think it's not as bad as it sometimes seems, that kids actually do run around and play in unstructured, fun ways. And skin their knees and elbows, too. It's just that sometimes ... gad, but I do want to shake people when they pull crap like banning tag or worse, making the schools ban tag. Some parents take no interest in their kids' education and others take far too much.

That said, I have to admit that I don't have any offspring, nor the prospect of having any.

It was that way in the 80s too... then came the pussy era, the 90s. Man am I glad I hit the double digits early in that decade. My parents didn't watch over me.

I'm 20, so I grew up in the 90s and the only difference seems to be that us 90s kids played a shit load of Nintendo and Sega.

Aside from video games (and the bloody Sonc v.s. Mario wars), my childhood consisted of going to friends' houses and getting dirty and drool-covered while playing with dogs, getting enormous, bloody but superficial gashes on my face and limbs while climbing trees or going bush bashing, getting into pretty pitiful kiddy punch ups at school, and even playing the dreaded chasey and dodge (that's "tag" and "dodgeball" for all you Americans).

But then, I didn't grow up in the city, so maybe that's the difference. Or maybe it's just American kids.

In my school I was forcedto play tag, free tag, wall ball (the game where you have to throw the ball at the wall and if you miss you have to run and touch the wall), TACKLE football, all that good stuff. Platform play (sega, n64) was played just before bedtime.

In my elementary school, we were given little slips of paper called, I kid you not, "Warm Fuzzies." Warm Fuzzies were for kids did good deeds and sucked up to teachers and all that. All that really taught us was how to be nice when teachers were around, and revert to the hellions we were once the teachers wandered off.

I, too, am a child of the 80's. :cool:

Attleboro administrators cite fears that children could get hurt and their parents might sue. According to some parents, another factor was concern that such games could hurt self-esteem if, say, one kid were always "it."

The bolded is probably more the reason.. not doubting there are some parents who think tag would hurt self esteem *sniff* tho.

As stated prior in this thread eaisly taken care of by having parents sign a waiver form.

The more I look at what 'sane' people are doing to this world, the more convinced I am that we crazy people have got the right idea.

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the least!" -me. :D

The more I look at what 'sane' people are doing to this world, the more convinced I am that we crazy people have got the right idea.

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the least!" -me. :D

We crazy people always have everything right. It is just most of us have issues with illegal substances which make are thoughts not welcome to the rest of the public!;)

As far as I can tell, modern kids don't get to play all that much anyway. Unless it's a scheduled "play date." :rolleyes: *getting all middle-aged* In my day, we didn't have "play dates!" You went outside, saw who was around and ... and played. Made stuff up. Ran around. Got dirty. The parental units (moms, mostly, this was the 50's and 60's) kept an eye out but they didn't hover. *wanders off, muttering in a curmudgeonly way*

Fuck theres nothing middle aged about that I'm barely in my twenties and I remember doing the samething, well at least after finishing any school work. This all is just idiotic.

Fuck theres nothing middle aged about that I'm barely in my twenties and I remember doing the samething, well at least after finishing any school work. This all is just idiotic.

I think it has pretty much been that way for the past forever. The only time there is a play date unless you have a friend who moved out of the hood so you went to their house and had a play date because they lived like 20 miles away.

I think it has pretty much been that way for the past forever. The only time there is a play date unless you have a friend who moved out of the hood so you went to their house and had a play date because they lived like 20 miles away.
I never heard of a "play date" until I started haunting NSG.

I never remember such a thing while growing up, and I remember picking if I wanted to take part in after school stuff such as ribbon dancing and baseball. My parents never signed me up for shit unless I asked.

I hate the idea of parents just enlisting their brats in this and that; seems like a waste of money, epecially if the kid doesn't want to do it in the first place and is in it with other brats in the same boat.

Play date.

What a dumb-assed idea if there ever was one.

As if kids NEED adults to set them up to play with other kids. All they NEED is a key to the door and the freedom to go out and be kids!

If parents weren't so f*cking shit-scared of letting their kids live, they'd discover that the kids today are just they were 20 years ago. Going to go out, have fun, make friends, make enemies, do dumb shit, push their limits, and come home with the odd scrape or black eye, but with a well-developed understanding of what it means to be a functioning social creature.

Tag. It's a viscious game. Can you imagine the horrible scuffs and scrapes possible if a child should trip? The agony of being "it?" The irreperable damage caused to their precious little egos if, God Forbid, little Suzie wasn't particularly good at that game?

No, games like tag have no place in our enlightened world.

How would kids possibly be prepared for real life if they had to endure games where tenacity and effort rewarded them? Where they learn that they might not be the best at everything? Where they might learn to lose and win with grace? Where they might come to enjoy physical exertion?

Real life isn't like that is it? you don't actually get rewarded for succeeding and not just trying do you?


It's a good thing that some schoolboards are on the ball on this. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1549327,00.html) Because physical exercise and competition is EXACTLY what our children don't need!




Thank god! A new generation of fat, stupid, whiners with a well developed sense of personal entitlement is assured now! Their future never looked so good!

You mean they haven't banned dodgeball yet? Or the other competitive games that might cause injury and damage their little psyches? Oh my, what ever will we do? I remember playing tag as a child, I guess I was just too ignorant to realize that it wasn't fun.

Methinks some people need to receive the Darwin award...forcibly.

So create a waiver form. I mean we already have to sign 20 pieces of papers just to register for school what is one more going to do that states "if your kid gets injured while playing in any school activity it isn't the schools fault and you can't overuse the legal system." I mean it wouldn't be that hard. And then the kids can still be kids. I mean getting expelled for playing a game? WTF
Legally wavers don't work. Courts have ruled that parents cannot sign away their rights on behalf of their children, nor can schools make a blanket waver.