Playgrounds closed and recess cancelled due to lawsuits

[packerfan748]

were a nation of loser children

[chopseh]

Hey isn't this a scene from Children of Men?

[brettfoshager]

What do you mean we won't get anymore summer break either?

[maria44688]

I hate it when adults do things like this. They got recess when they were kids, but now that they are all grown up, they can take it from us. Soon we won't get a summer break either "its origional perpose was so kids were off to help with crops, but kids don't need to do that anymore so they should be in school." well the people who are saying this never had to help with crops either, but they still had summer break. Being a kid is supposed to be fun, we shouldn't have to fight for that.

[HapplyFace]

I wish I was born 40 years earlier than I was, when the world wasn't so fucked up.

[chopseh]

@HapplyFace segregation.

[SpraxIAKS]

@klizzard359 When I was a kid is when it just started getting bad. Back in fourth fith or sixth, one of those as each segments changed building. Killed fell of this swing thing, broke his arm, school had it removed. It wasn't really even broken, he just lost his grip but eh. Now I'm finally out and seems things are getting worse.

No recess..parents are terrible. And these lawyers are worse.

[klizzard359]

@SpraxIAKS Thats sad. :(

Things aren't even being removed because they're "dangerous"- they're being removed because schools are now terrified of lawsuits.

[zeshleman]

man kids used to play in empty lots with sharp rocks and bits of glass and now you can't even have a decent playground, i grew up with a BA wooden fort kinda playground and if you had an accident you went to the nurse and got on with your life, kids are so sheltered these days.

It seems that you can sue for anything these days,for being offended, the truth is life is offensive as well as dangerous, that is just how it is.

Sorry if this sounds like a crazy rant

[circusboy90210]

I want my teeter totter back. I like dangerous stuff. it teaches you about reality & how not to get hurt again in the future . we should not have to change the whole society because of a few retards that should not be alive anyway's.

[SexSteakSoda]

@arthur420albert Even though most lawyers are Republican?

[StoogeWatcher]

@SexSteakSoda Actually, most lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits are Democrats. Why else are Democrats opposed to tort reform?

[SexSteakSoda]

@StoogeWatcher Where do you get this statistic?

[sociopathpsych]

when i was in grade school I played dodgeball. We used those red HEAVY balls. now they're foam! literally!

[klizzard359]

Dang back when I was in elementary school this stuff never happened. We played it rough during recess....scraped knees, cuts, and big bruises from the playground were just consitered part of being a kid. You went to the nurse, she patched you up, then you went back out to play. It wasn't a big deal...

[Jbles13]

yeah i got my teeth kicked in when me and my friend were climbing on a snow hill

[foggdogg7]

@klizzard359 true that. kids are too soft today. suck it up and learn how to fall with grace.

[circusboy90210]

@foggdogg7 amenstop

[HotHeadVegeta]

@foggdogg7 tch im 14 200 lbs and shit i get in trouble for touching someone because they might *get hurt* whatever

[ArielDarkBlade69]

@klizzard359 your school had a nurse? we didn't...only time anyone had to go anywhere was when some girl busted her head open because she ran into a wall...and she probably only went because it effected her school work...Some of us got broken bones and had to stay until either lunch break or the end of the day before we could go anywhere

[klizzard359]

@ArielDarkBlade69 Our nurse was for band-aids, checking for lice, and giving sick kids a place to puke- anything more than that was your parent's problem.

[ArielDarkBlade69]

@klizzard359 Never had that. We got cut, we went to the office for a bandage. Same for throwing up. And a nurse from the walk in clinic or whatever would come for lice, ears and eyes once a year or so.

[klizzard359]

@ArielDarkBlade69 Im sure the office appreciated puke filling their trashcans lol

[ArielDarkBlade69]

@klizzard359 well i appreciated it...i was a puke can once...some kid thought hed try and be cool and take all his pills at once. He killed my favourite outfit :(

[chevy28360]

Thats what you get if you vote dem or rep. Neither side holds any interest above their coporate masters own.

[arthur420albert]

Here in L.A. my daughter gets Benched cause she ran, it's crazy.

[StoogeWatcher]

So playgrounds are shut down for being dangerous. Well, watch those same lawyers sue schools for making kids fat because there wasn't a playground.

[billydumont]

Yup, Its one hell of a sick cycle - dammed if you do...dammed if you don't.

[DistendedPerinium]

@StoogeWatcher Exactly. It seems they are setting up a money train.

[circusboy90210]

@StoogeWatcher you bet ya on that one.

[StoogeWatcher]

@circusboy90210 That's what happens in today's something for nothing society.

[Luttenegger15234]

@StoogeWatcher

I'm going to sue you for saying that! Ha!