Due to the worries about law suits, playing tag or tag footbal has been banned at this school.

What's next, don't walk you might fall?

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/artic.../feature37.txt

 

Can't imagine why kids are fat. "Nope, can't do that, it involves running and you might get hurt". Friggin' lawyers and hippies.

 

Good GAWD ! ! !


That school needs Coach Carter.




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A time when accidents can happen?

hmmm...Let me know when that time has passed so I can drive like I'm from California.

 

Nothing like hearing these stories from my home state....I guess the thinking is, IF a child gets hurt, the kids 2 dads or moms will come in and slap someone.

 

Welcome to 4 Months ago.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=244918

 

Different article, but the same none the less.

 

Give me a break, please. It was 4 months and a different state.

 

Well now you can read what people though. Somehow I doubt the thoughts changed and I'm not sure how states are relevant.

 

It flashbacked to my childhood days with that game. Its so great to play on field (grass or natural "land") not on paved grounds. And I might say it's a great game, but for now? Well.... most school playground were paved and children todays are very competetive. That with this attitude they stepping aside the fun of the game they are more focused on winning.

 

OH SNAP! Where did I put those DMKs?

 

are you trying to say "Kids are focused on winning"? I call BS, with todays youth sports teams all getting "participation" trophies..my 7 year old step son even says this "at least I tried my best"...I tell him, no you didnt, because you could be better if you practiced hard and focused on the game..kids today are given a win instead of earning it.

 

So as you said... "NO YOU DIDN'T...." instead of do you have some fun on the game.

 

but that's me being focused on them winning..because I see potential in him, but his "I dont care" attitude surpresses his potential. if he would work hard, earn his win..he would savor it and in the rest of life work hard to be the best...Kids today get everything handed to them and are wrapped in their mommas skirt..so they will get nowhere in life..

 

Puhlease! Kids more competetive today? Young athletes are receiving better training earlier. Yes; but, kids in general are not more competitive now, or aggressive, than they were when I was a kid. Tag was a sissy game. We played "Smear the Queer." Wanna guess what your role would have been back then? Let's just say that the word smear would have made you flinch until your dying day.

 

Yeah, I guess you could call our perspective age group "The Last of the Mohicans." We used to make championship wrestling belts out of cardboard and gold glitter in grade school. Us 5th graders would wrestle and try to pin the other guy. The winner got the belt. I remember we would fight bare-knuckled on the playground sandlot to win that belt. We had tag teams going on too.