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August 30th, 2007 - 14:33
What’s next? Dodge ball?
August 30th, 2007 - 15:02
That game does suck if you’re it and you happen to have asthma and can’t catch anyone.
Just sayin’.
August 30th, 2007 - 15:09
Survival of the fittest, Rona.
The trick is to visualize a monkey chasing you.
August 30th, 2007 - 15:28
what’s funny – my nephew just called. it’s his first week of kindergarten so he’s chatting up about his day, and i told him about this article b/c i was reading it when he called. my dog’s name is tag. all he could say was – well you can bring him to my school then – everyone would love him there, especially if he chased us!!
hehehe
August 30th, 2007 - 15:42
Every single thing about Phys Ed sucks if you were a chubby little kid with bad vision and terrible reflexes, too. And all those kids in my class who picked me last can suck it.
BUT IT MADE ME A BETTER PERSON, I SWEAR! ;)
August 30th, 2007 - 16:01
Basically, we’re raising a generation of declawed cats. That’s all good until we throw them out of the house and let them fend for themselves, where they’ll come up against competitors who were allowed to play tag on their playgrounds.
August 30th, 2007 - 22:39
Competitors? You mean like the terrrists? Does this mean they’ve won again? Damn!
August 30th, 2007 - 22:42
Well, I was thinking more about Bob down the hall that would stab you in the back for a promotion, but, sure, terrorist, too. They probably play tag, and hard-core dodgeball.
August 31st, 2007 - 00:45
Haul out the individual bubbles for every kid to wear to protect them from being hurt–boo hoo– **insert raspberry sound here**
Dodgeball IS banned at school and sounds like everthing else is heading that way.
August 31st, 2007 - 08:44
Dave’s right. We are turning into a nation of declawed cats.
For example, I’ve already started going to the bathroom inside the house.
Where will it end?
I think they will eventually ban sports, citing baseball and being too competitive.
August 31st, 2007 - 09:55
Don’t get me started.
August 31st, 2007 - 15:32
Spot on, Dave. Also, micromanaging the way kids behave will just result in kids finding more covert and insidious ways for them to torment each other.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but once kids leave school, no one is going to be there to keep the assholes from bothering them. How the hell are they supposed to learn to cope and/or stick up for themselves?
My son once lamented that he was the worst player on his baseball team. I told him that I had no idea whether that was true or not, but that someone has to be the worst player on the team. I told him that if what he said was true and it bothered him, then we would help him practice so he’d improve. (And, no, I’m not Atilla the Parent — I did tell him that he’d already improved a lot this season and I was happy he was trying his best…) My point — and I do have one — is that I don’t think it’s bad for a kid not to think he’s great at everything. Why bother trying then? Why should they work hard if everything they do results in “Good job!” (And, yes, I do actually praise my kids.)
Ah, the things my kids will talk about in therapy one day…
August 31st, 2007 - 16:00
Oh, Susie. Your kids will be all, “My parents were too supportive, my self-esteem is too healthy, my worldview is too diverse…”
August 31st, 2007 - 21:09
I’m so glad my parents were more hands off, fend for yourself, toughen up types. (In fact, my dad was often heard saying, “Oh, COME ON, you wuss!”) All 3 of us are independent, resourceful, bright, tough and successful. I know I can handle any load of sh*t that comes at me and get through it & I think that comes from never being coddled. It also make me completely snarky & I love that.