Recently in the news there were reports that schools and local governments around the US acting in the best interest of children:

• Some schools are cutting back or completely removing physical education courses
• A school in Santa Monica, California, banned the game of ‘tag’ citing that it created ‘self-esteem issues among weaker and slower children. ‘
• Other schools are contemplating eliminating recess

What the heck is up with that? At a time when everyone is complaining about the growing number of obese children and adults. When I was a kid we played tag and we liked it. Exactly how do people expect children to get any type of exercise? Not everyone can afford all of the afterschool sports or extracurriculars.

It isn’t that I’m asking the schools to be babysitters. However, as a childless adult it seems that my tax payer dollars go towards funding these institutions. Dagnabbit, tire these children out! Children look forward to the break in academics. I don’t want these freaky little creatures running around all the places I go to with all their pent up energy. Bah!

As far as banning the game of tag: there are winners and there are losers in life. Get over it. Unless the person who is ‘It’ is required to tag people with a 2×4 with a nail in it the game is essentially a lesson in life. It teaches competition, winning, losing. It gets the plump kids moving.

I blame all this kookiness on the people who do similarly wacky things, like trying to ban the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, Christmas Parties and condemn Curious George books. People, people, people. Didn’t you have a childhood? Don’t you think that maybe, just maybe, some of you are thinking about these things a little too much?