[Mo1]

I Philadelphia, school officials have replaced traditional recess with "socialized recesses" in which the children are assigned structured activities and carefully monitored.

Are you serious?? .. Why can't these adults just let kids be kids ..

[GrandMoM]

Why can't these adults just let kids be kids ......The preface of the book "The War Against Boys" by Christina Hoff Sommer begins

It's a bad time to be a boy in America. As the new millennium begins, the triumphant victory of our women's soccer team has come to symbolize the spirit of American girls. The defining event for boys is the shooting at Columbine High.

"The carnage committed by two boys in Littleton,Colorado."declares the Congressional Quarterly Researcher," has forced the nation to reexamine the nature of boyhood in America."

William Pollack, director of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital and author of the best-selling Real Boys; Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood, tells audiences around the country, "The boys in Littleton are the tip of the ice-berg. And the iceberg is all boys!

[fortunecookie]

Are you serious?? .. Why can't these adults just let kids be kids ..

That's exactly what they don't want. Boys, masculinity in general, are bad, haven't you heard? They want to make sure the boys socialize properly (read - like girls).