Do you believe we're in the middle of the "wussification" of Ameri!


Question: With the recent banning of dodgeball and even TAG in some school districts, I'm led to believe so.

I heard there are a few school districts who ban anything competitive because childrens' mental states are SO fragile!! Children are the most RESILIENT people ever!! Even in one district students in gym jump rope WITHOUT THE ACTUAL ROPE!! Because it fosters "shame" and "low self-esteem" if they can never jump it properly!!

I could NEVER jump that thing properly? Was I bent about it? YES!! But I got over it!! Sheesh!!


Answers: With the recent banning of dodgeball and even TAG in some school districts, I'm led to believe so.

I heard there are a few school districts who ban anything competitive because childrens' mental states are SO fragile!! Children are the most RESILIENT people ever!! Even in one district students in gym jump rope WITHOUT THE ACTUAL ROPE!! Because it fosters "shame" and "low self-esteem" if they can never jump it properly!!

I could NEVER jump that thing properly? Was I bent about it? YES!! But I got over it!! Sheesh!!

Totally! Sad, but true! I never wussed my kids. If they got scuffed, I'd ask if it was broken or bleeding, then put some Bactine and a band-aid on it. I didn't carry on like they'd severed a limb, that just scares kids! They think if Mom's freakin' it must be bad, and that's when the bawlin' commences.
I can't believe it when I hear another school has banned Tag. That is one of the mildest games in the world. Kids need to run! Can't people connect the dots and see why there is an epidemic of obese kids in this country? Playing soccer once a week isn't enough. When I was in school, I was a world class rope-jumper. If anyone had denied me that, I'd have wanted to die! It was a challenge to get that good, but I wanted it, so I practiced and learned, and eventually excelled. I was very proud of that accomplishment.
My daughter played softball. At first, she stunk at it, honestly (I never actually said that, of course). Every day, her brother or I, or all of us, would grab our mitts (I had one, too), and go outside before dinner. We worked on getting her to catch pop flies, and learning to hit the ball. She wasn't a natural, but by her second season, she was as good as anybody else on the team. Because she wanted it, and we helped her get it. She had long legs and could run like the wind, once she could hit and catch the ball, she had it made. I'll never forget her first home run, she was so proud.
My son was a natural athlete, and naturally excelled at everything he did. Swimming, skating, little league, track, you name it. He didn't have any natural advantages for football or basketball. He's 5'10" and maybe 160 pounds. But he knew what he could do well, and did it.
I think people are funny, too. When kids participate in normal kid activities, why do their parents feel the need to pad them up like an attack dog trainer? When my kids went skating, I never had them bundled up in a hundred dollar's worth of pads! They just learned how to fall, and how not to fall. My kids never had a bike helmet, that's crazy! How many kids honestly bust their heads open falling off a bike? If they do, they must have been doing something they shouldn't have. My kids learned proper bike riding rules!
That's the problem! Parents spend a fortune on protective gear, so they don't have to teach and enforce any rules! Or they keep their kids inside, parked in front of a TV with a video game and a bag of Cheetos, to keep them safe! Yeah, safe from contracting any diseases, too, cause the fat, lazy slobs will never be able to get a date, and can die from coronary artery disease at 45! Please! Fresh air and sunshine won't hurt anybody!
Send them outside! I played tag, I jumped rope, I rode a bike, I was involved in sports, and I'm still alive! I've never worn a helmet or protective pads, and never will. I got my share of bumps and bruises, and skinned knees, but guess what? It didn't kill me! Ditto for my kids! They wore batting helmets, that's the RULE, but neither one ever got beaned in the head!
Wake up people! Kids need to be active! They need to run and jump and climb, and not be bundled up like the Michelin Man while they're doing it! The scrapes heal within a week, it's no big deal! Maybe the parents would rather be camped out in front of Springer or Oprah? Then they probably need the exercise as much as their kids do! Come on America! Get your fat, lazy *ss off the couch, and let's get outside! Take the kids to the park, or even out to your own backyard. Remember that place? Play with your kids like you played when you were a kid! Who's up for a good game of Tag?

Sorry so long, you hit a nerve with me again! People need to get off the couch and get moving, especially kids!

yes..the "be-balling" of America

No, coz I'm in England

Nah, we've been wussified for quite some time!

yep, we're totally turning into wussies. whatever happened to survival of the fittest? this is why we're overpopulated!

whopper more meat !!!

Zinger Burger anyone!

Yah pretty much.

Yes, pretty soon we'll be Europeans, without the style and class.

No and whopper :)

I can't believe dodgeball and tag isn't allowed...that's INSANE!! I feel bad for the kids..no wonder some are acting out on teachers lolz..can't blame em

how about a nice salad. I've never been a big fan of big macs or whoppers

yes all this **** comes over to england as well thanks usa

Agreed. I wouldn't want to bring a child into today's world. When I was little bullies were real and you learned how to deal with difficult people.
Society is now so obsessed with self esteem they are dooming children to failure. What happens when these kids graduate and go into the workforce? They're going to freak out when people are honest and don't just say things to build their self esteem! Ridiculous!!

i agree that the games NEED to be kept in as a vital part of growing up...but there needs to be more customization for the kids that "dont" get it...if a kid has low self esteem there should be a personal trainer ready to help him get motivated,and in shape...however that would cost a lot and schools LOVE "generalization" so instead they just decide to ban everything and give all the funds to the "school board"...thats why the american school system is a joke

We always have been.
We need some "deathrow" gamestyle.
Hahaha.
Then again.
The underground stuff is good.
We'd better take that to the top floor

I know its insane. I cant bring judgment down a single disrespecting moron now without getting thrown in jail.

We wouldn't want the little darlings to feel badly about themselves now, would we?

As to your second question, I prefer a Wendy's single burger with cheese, L,T and ketchup/mayo. I cannot stand Mickey D's or Burger King.

seriously, kids are shooting AK's and blowing sh!t up in other countries, but no floor hockey here in the good ole' US. we are Fcuked! it's the political correctness movement,and over protective mothers. fat kids NEED TO BE TEASED! or they will stay fat forever. I fcuking hate some things about our country.
i don't eat fast food that is also part of the problem

This is a major reason my kids do not attend public school, oh and the fact that the public school system is in shambles.

It is also the reason this country has no stomach for war. We lost a lot more soldiers in a lot less time during WWII and no one dared say the cost was too high. I believe that all life is valuable, and I morn the loss of any soldier, but it is a cost we must pay if we want a better world for our children.

P.S. If this war was about oil, we could be sending tankers of it to the US for free if we wanted. The Iraq war is about freedom and the elimination of terrorists.

I'm going to have to agree with you on this one, people are so worried about "desensitizing" children or worrying that their feelings will get hurt. But they make children wake up at the butt crack of dawn because they say they have to get ready for the real world and they will someday HAVE to get up early to go to work. Will they be getting rid of that soon as well? Because in the real world people get hurt, people's feelings will get hurt, people will lose, and sometimes they have to get up early!!! Now I don't want my children or anyone else's kids get to get hurt, and I would love to stave off anything horrible that these children will have to face. But getting rid of dodgeball won't make it any better. Giving them the choice to play may, like in the real world if you want to, do it; if you don't get out of the way. DODGE BALL IS NOT THE ANTI-CHRIST THE CHILDREN WILL BE OKAY!!!

And as for the burger question...I <3 Jumbo Jacks but I will settle for a Big Mac

Dude, I couldn't agree with you more. It's political correctness, rights for illegals, the ACLU (prisoners are people, too), affirmative action, quotas and the overall, "we are all winners" syndrome that is dooming this country. Shiyte, you can't even read the 3 Little Pigs in England because of fear of upsetting some Arab kid who can't be around pork. What is ADD or ADHD? It's called being a kid. Seriously.

McCain
Oops, Big Mac

I'm homeschooling my children...

yes because men are becoming pu*sy's

Until about the 1980's, the saying was,"A kid has to eat a pound of dirt, and break something, or that kid wasn't a real kid." While they were growing up.

Now, these 'sheltered' children will grow into adulthood, without the benefit of solving their own problems...or even knowing how! 'Modern' society is not giving them the tools they will overwhelmingly need...to succeed, survive, live good lives.

Nah, the wussification of America was late-70s through early 90s. When dudes were wearing Cosby sweaters, going to "hug therapy" and "getting in touch with their feminine side." What crap.
My son plays soccer, basketball and Little League and he plays all of them like a linebacker. Why? Because he knows if he doesn't get out there and give it his all, he'll be riding the pine. That's an excellent metaphor for life, isn't it? If you go out into the world with a thin skin, a sense of entitlement, and with all your competitive instincts dulled-down from a coddled childhood, you'll be eaten for breakfast. You'll be a bench-warmer at best and an emotional cripple at worst.

No we're not in the middle of it, it's a full blow epidemic!

My daughter joined a basketball team this past season at her elementary school. Scores were not allowed to be kept while playing, it was suppose to be "friendly play not competition". Can you guess what EVERY girl on the team asked as soon as the game was over? What's the score ... Who won? Now you tell me how NOT keeping score is beneficial....kids know that this is a competition! If they lose it teaches them sportsmanship and to try harder! This whole "wussification" is just ridiculous! Grr!



A nice salad



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