Colorado Springs School Bans Tag on Playground,Citing Conflicts

Thursday, August 30, 2007

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.“It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,” said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school.

Running games are still allowed as long as students don’t chase each other, she said.

Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban but most parents and children didn’t object.

In 2005, two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. School officials said the move encouraged more students to play games and helped reduce playground squabbles.

I hate how liberal this country has gotten! Come on, banning “tag”? Whats next, banning nursery rhymes because you just never know who they could offend? I don’t ever recall my friends and I feeling bullied or fighting because of an innocent game of tag! Can they just let kids be kids? Pretty soon they will make kids come to school in bubbles so they cant interact or touch each other at all!