No More Games Of Tag At Colorado School

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No More Games Of Tag At Colorado School

Tag! But you're not it. At least not at one Colorado elementary school. Tag is now banned at the Discovery Canyon Campus school in Colorado Springs. It seems school administrators think tag can lead to harassment. Assistant principal Cindy Fesgen says playing tag "causes a lot of conflict on the playground." She says kids can still play running games, as long as no chasing is involved. While a couple of parents have complained about the tag ban, school officials say most of the parents and kids don't object.

Associated Press

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:confused: WTF is going on over there?
 
Seriously, there are a great deal of things that have been banned, when I was in junior school we used to play "British Bulldog", some brits about my age may remember it...a load of kids used to make a line linking hands, and the other team would run and break the line, where they broke the line, the two people in the line where it was broken had to stand out.

Therefore the line got shorter, this resulted in injuries such as getting clothes lined, brained....road rash etc, just got a bit winded, laughed about it and carried on...but nobody really got hurt, in fact it was funny. This got banned when I was just leaving primary school.

Then, when the line was really short, just horsing about they used to swing the line and the two people on each end used to get catapulted across the playground resulting in further hilarity, heh, getting scrapes and cuts and bruises is part of being a kid.

Given this was an extreme game for under 11 years old, but it didn't do any harm.

We also played ball tag, usually with a tennis ball, cant recall any injuries....and I certainly wouldn't say anyone felt harassed. Jesus what is the world coming to?
 
In America, Ball Tag is NOT a fun game :thumbsdn:

We used to play tag all the time, it was like a past time at our school. And we did a LOT of rough things. If you werent hurt sometime throughout the year, you were a pussy at our school.
 
Holy shit we are turning our kids into a bunch of politically correct insane pansies. Seriously. I weep for the future of America.

This is, however, just part of the American mindset. No longer do we praise freedom and individuality because such things lead to "conflict" and god forbid our children should learn to stand up for themselves against bullies.

If we make a nation of sheep, we'll have a lot of sheep shit laying around.



That's called Red Rover over here. And yep, used to play that all the time. Mabye thats why you and I aren't sissy la la cry babies.
 
I learned the hard way that "smear the queer" is no longer allowed at either public schools or private christian ones.

What is the world coming to? I grew up playing that!
 
Doesn't surprise me. This town is about as right wing conservative as you can get. Focus on the Family has taken over most of the families here. I wish you guys could see these people.

So yeah, I'm not surprised. Shrug.

Red rover, red rover, send someone right over. :thumbsup: One of my faves as a kid. I took out ALL of my anger on those two connecting arms. Rawr!
 
This is from an article published in 2006.

'Not it!' More schools ban games at recess - USA Today - June 27, 2006 By Emily Bazar

Some traditional childhood games are disappearing from school playgrounds because educators say they're dangerous.

Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Spokane, Wash., banned tag at recess this year. Others, including a suburban Charleston, S.C., school, dumped contact sports such as soccer and touch football.

In other cities, including Wichita; San Jose, Calif.; Beaverton, Ore.; and Rancho Santa Fe., Calif., schools took similar actions earlier.

The bans were passed in the name of safety, but some children's health advocates say limiting exercise and free play can inhibit a child's development.

Groups such as the National School Boards Association don't keep statistics on school games.

But several experts, including Donna Thompson of the National Program for Playground Safety, verify the trend. Dodge ball has been out at some schools for years, but banning games such as tag and soccer is a newer development.

"It's happening more," Thompson says. Educators worry about "kids running into one another" and getting hurt, she says.

In January, Freedom Elementary School in Cheyenne prohibited tag at recess because it "progresses easily into slapping and hitting and pushing instead of just touching," Principal Cindy Farwell says.

Contact sports were banned from recess at Charles Pinckney Elementary early this year, says Charleston County schools spokeswoman Mary Girault, because children suffered broken arms and dislocated fingers playing touch football and soccer.

Some schools that ban games at recess allow children to play them in gym class under supervision.

Critics of the bans say playing freely helps kids learn to negotiate rules and resolve disputes.

"They learn to change and to problem-solve," says Rhonda Clements, an education professor at Manhattanville College.

Joe Frost, emeritus professor of early childhood education at the University of Texas-Austin, sees playground restrictions as harmful.

"You're taking away the physical development of the children," he says. "Having time for play is essential for children to keep their weight under control."

Here's a link to the original article.
 
We played all kinds of games. What you called British Bulldog or whatever was Red Rover. We actually had to use our imagination most of the time, because our play ground was a hill. Our jungle gym was torn down to make room for the new school. And when we did have the jungle gym, at least 10 people were hurt everyday. AT LEAST
 
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