Your daily dose of pussification: School District Phasing Out Swings On Playgrounds

[Mai72]

I fear the swing.


Haha... Not really.

 

[waggy]

I mentioned this in another thread. More and more schools are taking out playground equipment and some are even cancelling recess altogether.

This hurts little boys far more then it hurts little girls. boys need to burn off some energy throughout the day. if not they have a harder time paying attention.

 

[squarecut1]

So when the #1 cause is removed doesn't something else just become the new #1 cause? Eventually the kids will do recess on an iPad. Until of course someone gets injured doing that.

And the parents won't wait a second to sue someone for that. It is ultimately the rampant, shameless greed of the society

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

And the parents won't wait a second to sue someone for that. It is ultimately the rampant, shameless greed of the society

Lawyers aren't part of society. They infest it.

 

[CPA]

When swings are eliminated, nanny-staters and insurance companies will look at the next most dangerous thing on campus. Once they've eliminated that, they'll look at the next, and the next, and the next....until nothings left but grass.

 

[waggy]

When swings are eliminated, nanny-staters and insurance companies will look at the next most dangerous thing on campus. Once they've eliminated that, they'll look at the next, and the next, and the next....until nothings left but grass.

and then there will be a sign saying keep off the grass.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

and then there will be a sign saying keep off the grass.

Those signs are a tripping hazard, they'll have to go.

 

[Crono]

Back in my day...

... we didn't complain about the present and how things were better in the old days. We lived in the present, and we liked it.

 

[Kadarin]

So when the #1 cause is removed doesn't something else just become the new #1 cause? Eventually the kids will do recess on an iPad. Until of course someone gets injured doing that.

At which point... no more recess: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/08/18/indiana-school-enforces-exercise-recess

 

[Dirigible]

One of my greatest kid-triumphs was swinging super high, jumping off, and making it over the chain link fence that surrounded the playground.

Sure, I hit the top bar of the fence as I flew over, which put me in a spin that resulted in me face planting on the cement on the other side and ended up spitting out all kinds of blood and sand and eventually had scabs on like a third of my face, but it was AWESOME.

 

[dmcowen674]

I am glad my childhood was in a different era.

Sucks to be children now.

Ditto

 

[angminas]

 

[Slew Foot]

Lawyers ruining America again

 

[LTC8K6]

One of my greatest kid-triumphs was swinging super high, jumping off, and making it over the chain link fence that surrounded the playground.

Sure, I hit the top bar of the fence as I flew over, which put me in a spin that resulted in me face planting on the cement on the other side and ended up spitting out all kinds of blood and sand and eventually had scabs on like a third of my face, but it was AWESOME.

Oh yeah, launching for distance from the swing set...I remember it well.

The fun police won't allow that stuff these days.

Boy are not allowed to be boys today.

No thrills or risks allowed.

 

[LTC8K6]

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[John Connor]

Oh Seattle, riiight. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...olumbus_day_paired_with_commemoration_of.html

I don't think lawyers are to blame, rather the bleeding heart Liberals. In school we used to play Red Rover, but that was outlawed. Then there was dodge ball and that too was outlawed. Then the slide. We used to slide down the slide with wax paper on our ass and would make it all the more slippery. Then we played pogs, but that was considered "gambling." So we played marbles and that too was considered "gambling." Now there's no winners or losers as the BS philosophy is everybody is a winner.

We are fostering a generation of pussies!

 

[tortillasoup]

If activist judges didn't enable this liability lawsuits, maybe America wouldn't be devolving into the cesspit that it is.

 

[John Connor]

Well, the 9th circuit is full of shit almost all of the time...

 

[PowerEngineer]

While not a supporter of removing playground equipment, sad incidents like this recent one (10/3/14) demonstrate that safety concerns are not totally groundless.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A 7-year-old girl has died after an accident on a school playground, and her family is searching for answers about what happened.

Doctors took the girl off life support early Friday morning.

The accident happened on the swing set at Fisher’s Landing Elementary School. A spokeswoman for Evergreen Public Schools told KATU the district is investigating a report of a playground accident.

In a statement sent out later in the day, the spokeswoman said no one at the school saw what happened and the girl didn't tell anyone about the incident.

The girl's family said on Wednesday evening she told them she fell off a swing earlier in the day during recess. After school, she walked a few blocks home and complained to her dad she was feeling dizzy. A little while later, her brother went to check on her and found her sick in her room. That's when the family called an ambulance.

Doctors at a Vancouver hospital diagnosed her with a traumatic brain injury. She was eventually taken to Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland where she died.

Her family told KATU her organs will be donated to help other children.
In a statement, the family said they "want to thank the school and community for their thoughts and prayers as they honor our little girl's memory and the gifts her tragedy will bring. At this time we are grateful for respect and privacy."

KATU is not naming the girl at this time out of respect for the family. The girl would have turned 8 years old at the end of October.

The family said they’ll announced memorial arrangements soon.

According to the district, a letter was sent home to parents and there are grief counselors at the school.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Vanc...r-falling-off-swing-at-recess--278078122.html

:'(

 

[Red Squirrel]

While sad, this could have happened in any way or situation. It could have been a tree, or it could have been falling off a deck after climbing over the rail, tripping on the crack in a sidewalk etc... I don't think removing things completely is the answer. Shit happens, and society has to just accept that instead of suing or taking drastic measures.

The world would be such a better place if the concept of liability did not exist.

 

[Mai72]

Bubble wrap you children!

Seriously, parents might think they are doing what's good for their children. In reality, they are creating fearful and anxiety prone children who are going to be scared to take risks. Everyday in Thailand I see children doing things that would seem risky in the north east. I say NE because this type of pussification is less likely to happen in the south.

I remember when a child and his mother came into my parent's restaurant. The little boy had a cut on his arm and no band aide. My father offered the little boy a bandaide. The mother quickly turned her head and said "it's not a cut! We call it a boo boo, and no we don't need your bandaide." The little boy probably turned into a wuss.

 

[LTC8K6]

While not a supporter of removing playground equipment, sad incidents like this recent one (10/3/14) demonstrate that safety concerns are not totally groundless.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Vanc...r-falling-off-swing-at-recess--278078122.html

:'(

Some adults should have been watching the children, and might then have seen her fall, and gotten help sooner.

It's ridiculous to try to remove all risk or all possibility of liability.

It's wrong to remove swings because there are sometimes injuries from them.