Sorry about two posts in one day; however, i couldn’t believe what i just read on today’s news. Things have just gone too far with a lack of common sense.
Isn’t enough that our children feel like they have to grow up faster than what is healthy by watching most of the garbage that is on television? They have learned very well how to be disrespectful(funny isnt it), sexualized, and to expect to have freedoms equal to adults.
Kids do NOT get to be kids anymore. It isn’t healthy. It is the only time in a person’s life where they should be free to just enjoy a lack of grownup responsibilities and the appropriate freedoms to run and play and enjoy being a kid.
Now the news clipping today says that; TAG on playgrounds at some schools is now being banned. Now while i am intelligent enough to understand that kids can get carried away and things can get rough or someone could get hurt; why can’t the adults in the position of authority on the grounds put a halt to the person’s who are out of line?
Why does everyone have to miss out on a perfectly normal game of tag between children? Doesn’t it make more sense to discipline the ones who are out of control? Wouldn’t that be a deterent to improper behavior?
When i remember my childhood….i remember lots of games and activities like Red Rover, Red Rover, Frozen Tag, Bubble Gum Bubble Gum in my shoe, Duck Duck Goose, Tug of War, Relay Races, Dodge Ball, and all other manner of exercise (hidden in the guise of having fun with my friends and neighbors).
It just seems to me that childhood has lost it’s power to be remembered as something to cherish . So much of what is good about growing up happens in those moments when you are learning how to play together, take turns, burn off energy, work together as a team, and so many other important skills that children absorb and take into adulthood. Is any one else upset about this?
Write where you are 
I am gobsmacked! Hadn’t heard that one yet.
(gobsmacked may be a kiwi-ism, it means overly surprised)
Why can’t children play ‘tiggy’ (tag to you).? Is it because it is rough – or is it because of inappropriate touching?
I feel equally upset about the fear some Dad’s have these days – just behaving lovingly toward their children. Having recently heard a stepfather tell his three year old step daughter that she could not sit in his lap (sorry honey!) What sense would a three year old make of that?
I am VERY keen on child safety in all areas of life (I am actually a therapist) however, like you I am getting confused and irritated by the overkill. I think maybe this is because of mass communication. We now get to hear about anything and everything so fast. And USUALLY bad or upsetting things. Bad things do happen – but not as often as good things.
There are bad people, but not as many as good people.
This reminds me of a book I read recently by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. I think the title was “urgent message from mother – women save the world” and her other book “the millionth circle” I still believe we (by our individual actions) can make sure that the good outweighs the bad in the world.
Hey, sorry for the rave. I am enjoying myself though.
Ellie