[Interloper]

It's amazing anyone over 30 survived their childhood

/sarcasm

[WellsFargo94]

God forbid if a child learns to deal with disappointment, frustration, and failure at some point in their childhood!!!

That's why we have more and more adult (and child) psycho-loons in our midst.

[Ford Fairlane]

Our favorite game used to be "Kill the man with the ball" a cross between tag, football & rugby.

You ran with the ball until you thought everyone was going to tackle you, then you threw the ball in the air & let some other guy catch it & run with it. If you didn't throw it fast enough, everyone piled on you.

[meisterbrewer]

I have no problem with the life lessons that dodgeball teaches children. And I don't care much for pop psychology that says we shouldn't let our children compete. But, there is another danger from dodgeball that is not talked about much. I loved playing the game myself until 6th grade, when one of my classmates was blinded by a dodgeball.

We played with all sizes, but the small ones were the best. Our school's best basketball player was already tall, and with his long arms, he could really wind up the small ones and let loose. Unfortunately, one of his throws caught another star athlete, a pretty big guy himself, square in the face. The impact "exploded" his eye, and he lost all sight in that eye.

Our school eventually banned dodgeball, but not until after it had to pick up all the medical bills and was threatened with a lawsuit. To the blinded boy's credit, he and his parents refused to actually sue the school unless they continued to allow dodgeball.

I always enjoyed the game, but in hindsight I believe it was far too dangerous for us to be playing, at least the way we did it. Perhaps there is a safer way to play it, but I'm not aware of any.

[Rodney King]

We used to play cream the carrier, where whoever has the ball gets tackled by everybody else.

I loved Dodge Ball. Those who worry about the fat girl that gets picked on are ignoring all the pleasure that accrues to the guys that are beaning her fat ass with the ball.

[Jonah Hex]

Heck, I'm 43 and working on my third childhood. So there. Nyahhh neinerneinerneinerneiner!

;-)

[Orangedog]

It's amazing anyone over 30 survived their childhood

Indeed. I guess I should have had therapy for the countless games of Old Maid....you know, the game where there is no winner, but one loser is systematically singled out for public scorn!

[Liberal Classic]

The game of "tag" having been deemed politically incorrect, will be replaced by the culturally sensitive called "Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck."

[stainlessbanner]

I guess a round of "smear the queer" is out, too?

[stainlessbanner]

TV Tag! Happy Days : )

[PLK]

We send our kids to public schools, but try to prepare them for the PC garbage they inevitably encounter there. One of the issues our kids understand to be hopelessly stupid is the "self-esteem" hoopla. They regularly arrive home on the bus and proceed to entertain us with stories of stupid self-esteem presentations or projects going at their school.

Anyway, when our children heard us talking about the "dodgeball" ban at other schools, they started whooping with laughter. It seems our middle school P.E. teacher isn't up on the P.C. times, he regularly schedules a game our kids assure is butt-kickin' great fun - it's called Nuke em' - and involves at least some degree of intentional landing of a volleyball on or very near the person on the other side of the net. It's their favorite.

[tophat9000]

Great the only game left for kids is... "Couch Potato"

[Warren]

Liberals were awful at dodgeball.

[kidd]

Every kid plays "King of the Hill". One kid finds a high spot (a dirt pile or a snow bank), claims that he's "King of the Hill!", then everyone else tries to knock him off. "Tag" was something you did when you didn't have a hill.

[stainlessbanner]

And they wonder why violent crimes are up? These kids need an outlet to play, vent frustration, and get out their energy. If they just sit around and play "head's up, seven up", they will go home with all that energy.....and consequently get into trouble.

They are so worried about some kid not being picked for kickball, they lose sight of important stuff. Now get out there, play some dodgeball, and tag your neighbor (....I mean play tag with your neighbor!).

[martin gibson]

..potentially vicious playground activities... "In this game, there is a 'victim' or 'It,' which creates a self-esteem issue..." the principal wrote.

Only an neo-Stalinist educrat pig could have written this with a straight face.

Where is the 'HUGE PROJECTILE VOMITING ALERT' an article like this absolutely requires?

[mindprism.com]

Public schools are victim factories, and we wonder why gangs are so popular.