SURVENT

I am sure that by now you have heard of the ridiculous ban that has been implemented at Willett elementary school in Massachussetts. If not, you can find the story on CNN here.

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

The principal provided the following brilliant quote while defending the ban:

Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.

Here is yet another case where sue-happy America is hurting our society. We should not be bending to overzealous sue-happy idiots. Kids are kids and should be allowed certain unalienable rights such as the right to run and play and BE A KID! If judiciary members of society would simply bitch-slap the idiot parents who sue due to a kid getting hurt playing a "running game" and throw out the lawsuit, maybe then the nonsense would begin to stop. I think that judges should be tougher and throw out the frivolous lawsuits that plague our society today. Then, the people who bring forth these frivolous lawsuits should get jail time or fines for clogging up the judicial system. People would start to get the point. If we do not do something, it will only keep getting worse.

It’s ironic that as a society there is a huge push to get kids out of the house and away from sitting in front of the TV, computer and video games to play outside instead and be active, only to then be told that they cannot run and play like we want them to. Do not be pissed off or wonder why it has happened oh brilliant school officials and ban supporting parents when your kids are overweight, into drugs or come to school with guns because they are pissed off and depressed. If people are that concerned about kids getting hurt while playing running games, pass a bill to buy protective wear or provide supervision during recess. We had supervisors for recess when I was in elementary school. What gives people?

At lease one parent gets the point that kids are getting the short stick here:

"I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid."