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(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.
If your kid cant stand in the batters box looking down a 70 mph fast ball from another kid, you failed as a parent.
Pretty soon, we'll be sending them out to play in full padding, or maybe bubble wrap, helmets, ect.
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.Kids are gonna get hurt.
That's a fact. Deal with it, grown ups.
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.
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.
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.
Home-schooling is the answer. No more school/govt liability.
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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.
Most balls? I can think of a few that certain students would prefer to keep.
Think of it as allowing the kids to play hockey but only if they don't use sticks, pucks or skates.
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