This world is getting crazier by the minute. What will they think of next....hmmmmm?
The latest craziness is the fact that playground tag is now being banned in an elementary school in Colorado. Why you might ask? I thought at first maybe somebody was being pushed or shoved. Nope. That wasn't it.
The reason (and I'm not making this up) is there is too much conflict on the playground. Kids were starting to complain about being harassed. Harassed? How in the world can one be harassed while playing tag? I can almost see the first grader now whipping out his cell phone to call the family lawyer.
If one doesn't want to play, you just don't play. The kids that do want to play can figure this out. Don't go after little Susie, because she's not a player. Leave it at that. It's not fun to play with someone who doesn't care to run after you. Right?
I guess Nationally this game and others like it have been banned because of arguments. Well we can't have than now can we? I mean these kids have to learn to avoid anything or anyone that might inflict argumentitus on them. This is a serious condition and has to be reckoned with immediately.
The whole health and safety overprotective culture isn't doing our kids any favors. They need to learn through experiences that are now being taken away from them. How can they learn conflict resolution if they have their experiences taken away from them?
I remember when my kids were little and they would argue over a toy, or watching a favorite cartoon. I would give them a few minutes to work things out. When they didn't choose to do this, I would walk in, take the toy they were screaming about or shut off the TV. After a few times doing so, they figured it all out. I used to even hear them whisper, "she's going to come in and shut off the tv." They got it. They figured out how to resolve the issue. To this day, it's helped them tremendously.
I suppose I could have taken all their toys and thrown them away all for the sake of that dreadful argumentitus. Hmmmm I wonder if they will start innoculating for this anytime soon?