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School bans tag, chase games
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cbcbd
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That's it, when I have kids I'll move back to Brasil and raise them there... then move back here when they're older.
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I guess the old "Kill the man with the ball" game is out of the question too...
Wow - (I don't want to suggest i know anything about raising kids because i don't have them) - Are we raising a country of veals or what...?
Wow - (I don't want to suggest i know anything about raising kids because i don't have them) - Are we raising a country of veals or what...?
its ridiculous. think of all the stupid games you used to play. some at school and some out of the eyes of parents.
dodgeball
rock soccer
roman candle tag
tackle football without pads
i could think of a million things we did that kids would probably get practically arrested for these days. no wonder so many kids are obese.
dodgeball
rock soccer
roman candle tag
tackle football without pads
i could think of a million things we did that kids would probably get practically arrested for these days. no wonder so many kids are obese.
ctenidae
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I guess smear the queer is right out, then.
kickstand
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We're raising a country of wimps is what we're doing. God forbid a kid trips and falls, or runs into another kid. The next step is to ban recess altogether because it is inevitable someone will hurt themself.
The sad part of this is the school's reasoning for doing this is spot-on. Some kid would break an ankle or bang their head and need stitches, and if it were the wrong kid, the parents would turn around and sue the school. Frickin sad state of affairs......
btw, is "veals" another word for "wimps"?
Paul
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Unfortunately, I know asshats just like this. My neighbors pick-up and drop-off their 7 year-old boy to and from school instead of letting him take the bus. They won't let him play outside in the yard unless he is directly supervised. Seriously, they think that they can protect him from everything. The mother is a PTA board member, and volunteers at the school constantly, all so she can helicopter over him. Everything in this kid's life is micro-managed by mommy. He also isn't allowed to play sports, as he supposedly has asthma, yet no one has EVER witnessed an attack, although they alledge he has them often.
And Doug, everyone is entitled to opine on child-raising, we were all raised so we all have some perspective. However, parenting is an extreemly difficult, yet rewarding, task. We parents are constantly second-guessing ourselves and wondering if what we're doing is in our child's best interests. You'll have to excuse us if we tend to get a little defensive, it can get pretty nerve-racking.
And Doug, everyone is entitled to opine on child-raising, we were all raised so we all have some perspective. However, parenting is an extreemly difficult, yet rewarding, task. We parents are constantly second-guessing ourselves and wondering if what we're doing is in our child's best interests. You'll have to excuse us if we tend to get a little defensive, it can get pretty nerve-racking.
Paul
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You can play that in Indiana, but only if you go to the "Special" class....
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=38466&adid=city
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hammer
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What are "rock soccer" and "roman candle tag"?
I'd guess that games like bombardment would also be right out (although I don't remember playing that until High School and I usually got nailed...)
We used to play dodgeball with volleyballs. Our gym teacher used to call it animal ball. The court was divided in thirds so that you can pin your opponents into the last third of the court. Head shots were the way to go because they got the best reaction from the crowd. When we picked teams I always went for the baseball players and QBs.
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Word... just poking fun..
rock soccer is soccer with a rock. used to play that at recess in elementary school. why? i have no idea.
roman candle tag we used to play with some of the older kids in our neighborhood. Dress up in layers of ratty old clothes, wear a bike helmet and goggles and shoot roman candles at each other. stupid for sure but i'm still alive.
Bottle rocket fights were great too. The fun was in running away, we rarely connected....
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Not after i found out that people I didn't really care to get PM's from can still send me PMs... I'm a control freak like that...
lol we used to break the sticks off them, light them and run like hell. I wont repeat what we used to call them but you had absolutely no idea where they would go.
I know what you are talking about.
I can't believe the stupid crap we used to do as kids. Jumping off of train tressels into the reservoir, hiking up Turkey Mtn. at midnight, jumping off of roof tops on snow days, get pulled behind a truck in a snowy parking lot, burn our arms with stoggies or cigs (not self mutilation, but to see who could handle the pain), and then there is the drinking....
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