Tag-You're Out

Argumentitus Got You

Published on August 31, 2007 By KFC Kickin For Christ In Current Events

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?

Comments (Page 2)

Jythier

on Aug 31, 2007

But Tex, it's so much fun to piss you off. It entertains the people.

But I agree with her here.

"And FYI my child got in trouble for "slapping" another child last year.

He was playing tag. "

How much trouble? Sometimes you can tag really really hard...

CharlesCS

on Aug 31, 2007

If you want to know how you can stop being "misunderstood" and hated on and make friends I can give you a great tip:

Don't piss me off.

OK, OK. I take it back. You're a nice person and have tolerated my stupidity before. My bad.

CharlesCS

on Aug 31, 2007

But keep in mind Tex, you can be nice, that doesn't mean I will bow down every time I say something that bugs you. I know you are sensitive to anything military. But keep in mind this is the US and I have the right to say what I please and I'm not always gonna take a step back if I don't think I said anything wrong. I kinda notice you are getting to use to attacking me looking for excuses to be mad at me and make me look like a jerk. Here's some advice for you, ignore me if you have to as much as possible, I don't usually say things looking to offend anyone.

Texas Wahine

on Aug 31, 2007

Not any serious kind of trouble. Just an office referral. I blogged about it.

I think I am going to slap the shit out of someone today at random and then tell them I was playing tag.

Jythier

on Aug 31, 2007

Office referal may be a bit harsh, even. I mean, if a kid just doesn't know what he's doing, ie, tagging a little roughly, that's the kind of thing you can just say "Don't tag so roughly, please." and fix. Bah.

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