They’re left without the satisfaction of playing a game they made themselves, without the social interaction and learning to get along the game facilitates —all they have left is the certainty that the adults are running every aspect of their lives.
And the final irony is that it won't eliminate playground scrapes and bloody noses—there will always be some kind of risk—they'd have to pass out surgical gloves and masks, individually bubble-wrap each child and stick them in a corner.
And even then someone will be allergic to latex.
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Ooops it's not the atlantic monthly. It's A Nation of WImps By:Hara Estroff Marano Psychology Today.
The teachers at Northern lights missed a great opportunity to let the students learn from conflict. Jean Piaget (among others) has written a whole book about the importance of kid-invented, pick-up games for so many reasons not the least of which is preparation for a democracy: "The moral developemnt of the child." We want out kids to become good moral DECISION MAKERS. google also "A Nation of Wimps" Atlantic Monthly
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