Tag, You’re it!<\/p>\n
No you’re not…
\nSchool bans tag, BECAUSE…..<\/p>\n
The War on Schoolyard-Tag.
\nThere is a school district in Washington that has just banned kids from playing
\nthe good old game of tag. Why?
\nBecause, \u00a0“Students are expected to keep their hands to themselves,” in order to
\n“ensure the physical and emotional safety of all students.”<\/p>\n
Back in the 90’s, I remember when “Red Rover” was banned.
\nYou know, the game in which you\u00a0held the hands of your friends out in the school yard,
\nand you called someone over,\u00a0and their objective was to run at full speed and attempt
\nto break through your\u00a0line, and break through your your wrists while they were at it.
\nFor that game, there was a somewhat legitimate concern after a couple of broken arms
\nand sprained wrists.<\/p>\n
Today’s war on tag, targets the trauma of being targeted, or even receiving a heightened
\nlevel of notice. What will happen in 15-20 years when the fragile former pupil has their
\nnamed called by the boss? Massive heart attacks?<\/p>\n
Surely this will solve every underlying social problem, as the kids are shepherded out
\nof the fresh air and sunshine of the big dangerous world, to take solace and entertain
\nthemselves productively and safely through handheld devices, without the fear of harm
\nor of becoming the cause of\u00a0frivolous litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tag, You’re it! No you’re not… School bans tag, BECAUSE….. The War on Schoolyard-Tag. There is a school district in Washington that has just banned kids from playing the good old game of tag. Why? Because, \u00a0“Students are expected to keep their hands to themselves,” in order to “ensure the physical and emotional safety of","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3926,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morning-show","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 17:59:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/09\/tag-youre-it\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16260,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16258\/revisions\/16260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}