No touch policy instituted in two elementary schools

[Zanez]

Two elementary schools in my area recently implemented a no-touch policy in their schools to curb a recent increase in playground injuries.
http://globalnews.ca/news/947545/new-no-touch-policy-implemented-in-two-aldergrove-schools/

This is a strict policy that bans activities such as tag, holding hands, pushing people on the swings or helping someone up if they fall.

Does anyone else have a problem with such a policy? Personally, I have serious issue with preventing children from being children in the name of safety. I think that the moment "policy" replaces parenting, we have a serious problem. But still, there is only so much we can do. Children fall down and hurt themselves, that's what they do. They slip from the monkey bars, whether someone touched them or not, and sometimes tag gets a little competative, but banning such activities is going to cause problems.
In my old school, snowball fights were banned, and I thought even that was too far. What do you all think?

 

[JoJo]

That's really dumb... yes, kids do injure themselves often whilst playing with others, because they're still learning how to control their bodies and what is or isn't appropriate. Ban them from playing contact games and they won't learn at-all >:-(

 

[Parasondox]

Oh no please USA don't become the UK. We have a similar thing here where a teacher can't touch a student, not even if the child was crying and just wanted a hug, not even if a fight broke out. Nope no touching. Even some secondary schools (high schools to you) ban hugging between students. Mostly cause they think the teenagers will get pregnant from hugging and of course male teachers are pedophiles. Let me make this clear, they are not. It's just in the UK we are on a massive pedophile hunt which is being fueled more by the newspaper media. Any contact with a minor even hugging your own child, PERV ALERT!!!... madness I know. Yes I was being over the top.

 

[Ryotknife]

Oh no please USA don't become the UK. We have a similar thing here where a teacher can't touch a student, not even if the child was crying and just wanted a hug, not even if a fight broke out. Nope no touching. Even some secondary schools (high schools to you) ban hugging between students. Mostly cause they think the teenagers will get pregnant from hugging and of course male teachers are pedophiles. Let me make this clear, they are not. It's just in the UK we are on a massive pedophile hunt which is being fueled more by the newspaper media. Any contact with a minor even hugging your own child, PERV ALERT!!!... madness I know. Yes I was being over the top.

we...already have that.

A teacher is not allowed to touch a child, even if that child is going around stabbing people with scissors (true story). If a kid runs into the middle of the street, the teacher has to somehow stop the child without touching and if she doesn't then its her fault that the student was hurt.

I have a family member who works as an elementary school teacher in the DC area, and I hear some real horror stories. They actually had to call the police to stop the scissor kid. The kid stabbed his classmates, stabbed his teacher, and even stabbed his grandma. The police officer had to draw his taser and point it at the kid before he would stop.

Oh, and the kid was back in school the next day with zero punishment because the parents threatened to sue the school for millions if they suspended him or make him take counseling.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Oh no please USA don't become the UK. We have a similar thing here where a teacher can't touch a student, not even if the child was crying and just wanted a hug, not even if a fight broke out. Nope no touching. Even some secondary schools (high schools to you) ban hugging between students. Mostly cause they think the teenagers will get pregnant from hugging and of course male teachers are pedophiles. Let me make this clear, they are not. It's just in the UK we are on a massive pedophile hunt which is being fueled more by the newspaper media. Any contact with a minor even hugging your own child, PERV ALERT!!!... madness I know. Yes I was being over the top.

I remember a story from my school where a kid (a little one, mind you) was walking around the school destroying shit whilst two of the big burly PE teachers just had to follow him and make sure he didn't hurt himself. It was pretty funny, but still, sue-happy parents are terrible.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

Ha what a fucking joke. Political correctness is getting ridiculous. Sometimes you should just fucking ignore the minority.