School bans most balls during recess: Smart move or going too far?

[Dragonfly]

School bans balls during recess due to safety concerns - CNN.com

(CNN) -- Is it an extreme case of helicopter parenting or a smart move to keep kids safe?
That's what parents are asking after hearing about a Long Island middle school's decision to ban most balls during recess and also require supervision of tag, even cartwheels, due to safety concerns.
No longer allowed at the Weber Middle School in Port Washington, New York: footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, lacrosse balls and any other hardballs that could injure a child. Also off limits: rough games of tag and cartwheels unless an adult supervisor is on hand.

Ummm.....holy crap.

:shock::shock:

 

[Jredbaron96]

Most balls? I can think of a few that certain students would prefer to keep.

 

[Anagram]

Seems too far for me.

 

[shlunka]

Pretty soon we'll have to crawl to class so we don't pull any muscles walking.

 

[KevinKohler]

Pretty soon, we'll be sending them out to play in full padding, or maybe bubble wrap, helmets, ect.

 

[CRUE CAB]

School bans balls during recess due to safety concerns - CNN.com



Ummm.....holy crap.

:shock::shock:

If your kid cant stand in the batters box looking down a 70 mph fast ball from another kid, you failed as a parent.
If your kid is too scared to go over the middle and catch a foot ball in full pads, you failed as a parent.
If you let your kid play soccer because you think its "safer", you failed as a parent.

 

[CRUE CAB]

Pretty soon, we'll be sending them out to play in full padding, or maybe bubble wrap, helmets, ect.

Or just ban play all together.

 

[KevinKohler]

Kids are gonna get hurt.





That's a fact. Deal with it, grown ups.

 

[CRUE CAB]

Kids are gonna get hurt.





That's a fact. Deal with it, grown ups.

The ones making those decisions are not "grown ups" they are still 8 year olds in 35 year old bodies scared of their own shadow.

 

[Unitedwestand13]

okay who are the parents who came up with this hair-brained restrictions.

unless their children have hemophilia or are so vunerable that a bruise can cause life threatening internal bleeding, there is no excuse for this kind of ban.

 

[roguenuke]

Some people need to stop it with the "safety" concerns. Honestly. Children will never learn if they can't get hurt. (Heck, I encouraged my son to get on the monkey bars the other day despite knowing it was likely that he would fall because if he doesn't try he will never know how to do it.)

And some people need to stop trying to place blame, especially on schools or others for what are accidents. It is not negligent to allow a kid to play, especially a sport. It is life. Injuries and even death are a part of life. It is tragic when children die, but it is also part of life, and doesn't mean that we always have to look for ways to prevent every child from dying.

 

[Carjosse]

If your kid cant stand in the batters box looking down a 70 mph fast ball from another kid, you failed as a parent.
If your kid is too scared to go over the middle and catch a foot ball in full pads, you failed as a parent.
If you let your kid play soccer because you think its "safer", you failed as a parent.

What if you don't know what those things are? I don't even know what a batters box is or going over the middle to get a ball means.

 

[CRUE CAB]

What if you don't know what those things are? I don't even know what a batters box is or going over the middle to get a ball means.

Then your parents failed. Miserably. But seeing as you are not American, I will give you a pass.
Wasnt a full recess if you didnt bleed alittle.

 

[Carjosse]

Then your parents failed. Miserably.
Wasnt a full recess if you didnt bleed alittle.

I'll probably be more successful than most of those people. You don't need sports it is bad parenting to stop your kid form playing a sport because you think it is unsafe not because the kid hates sports like I do. I do know that football players are all sissies(?).

 

[CRUE CAB]

I'll probably be more successful than most of those people. You don't need sports it is bad parenting to stop your kid form playing a sport because you think it is unsafe not because the kid hates sports like I do.

Parents and teachers in the article are taking it away. If you dont want to play sports, that is your decision, but no one should make it for you.

 

[clownboy]

Heh, take away the two little balls and none of the others will be necessary. Problem solved. :mrgreen:

 

[Lutherf]

What if you don't know what those things are? I don't even know what a batters box is or going over the middle to get a ball means.

Think of it as allowing the kids to play hockey but only if they don't use sticks, pucks or skates.

 

[Van Basten]

And there goes their childhood.

 

[Dragonfly]

And we wonder why kids are turning more to TV's, computers, and video games for entertainment.

In many cases, it's because that all they have left once their parents step in.

 

[American]

School bans balls during recess due to safety concerns - CNN.com



Ummm.....holy crap.

:shock::shock:

Home-schooling is the answer. No more school/govt liability.

/thread

 

[roguenuke]

Home-schooling is the answer. No more school/govt liability.

/thread

Parents willing to sue schools for such things would still find someone to sue even if they children were hurt on their property. There are just too many parents (even if I'm pretty sure they are the minority) that are too eager to place blame (whether due to grief or greed) rather than accept that accidents happen.

 

[American]

Parents willing to sue schools for such things would still find someone to sue even if they children were hurt on their property. There are just too many parents (even if I'm pretty sure they are the minority) that are too eager to place blame (whether due to grief or greed) rather than accept that accidents happen.

You must not know any homeschoolers. I do, and they have a different mentality.

 

[SMTA]

Most balls? I can think of a few that certain students would prefer to keep.

Unlike the school administration who seem to be lacking theirs.

 

[Carjosse]

Think of it as allowing the kids to play hockey but only if they don't use sticks, pucks or skates.

So Sarchastaball form South Park?

 

[tererun]

It is not just the parents but also the grandparents who have lost their god damn minds. I have a mother who is now a grandmother who gets mad when I use a nerf bat on the little prince, her grandson and my nephew. This is the same woman who would not let me out of gym with a broken toe and made me play football and soccer with it. This is a woman who when me and my sister were 12 and 13 gave us money and sent us off wandering around the wildwood NJ amusement piers until they closed. This is a woman who used to let me play in an old shed full of glass doors because I had fun breaking them and no one wanted them. This is a woman who at the age of 17 had my grandparents drop me and my sister off in NYC all alone for a guns and roses concert in madison square garden. This is a woman who let me stock pornos for my dad's video store from the age of 15. Now this crazy woman gets on my back because I wacked the kid on the head with a damned nerf bat because it makes him feel bad when he is not allowed to cheat in games. I am so glad the little prince now has a new daddy who loves giving him a bit of fatherly rough housing he so glaringly needed. I am so waiting for the little prince to become 12 because I get to take him to play paintball. I keep telling mys sister to just put the little prince in a god damned dress because he is a little wussbag.

People have lost their god damned minds trying to keep kids so safe from any sort of pain. Let the kids play some dodgeball or some red ass with lacross balls. The wimpy kids can go pick flowers or write poetry or whatever else they do when they are not trying to hurt each other. Don't get me wrong, the world needs flower pickers and poets, but not every kid needs to be coddled and wimpy. And remember this comes from a guy who wears little frilly dresses. man up for christs sake, and this goes for some of the girls too. Learn to rely on yourself and how hard you can play. Stop lowering the bar to accommodate those who should be doing something else.