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ATTLEBORO, MA (AP) -- Tag is as much a tradition at recess as the lunch lady is in the cafeteria. But when youngsters at a suburban Boston school go outside, they'll get in trouble if they try to play tag.
The age-old game is now banned by the principal, who says recess is a time "when accidents can happen." Officials are also afraid if someone gets hurt, the school will get sued.
Along with tag, the youngsters can't play touch football or any other game in which they're chasing each other.
Tag bans aren't entirely unheard of across the country. As for the Attleboro, Massachusetts, school, reaction is mixed. One mom says she's seen "enough near collisions" on the playground to justify the ban. But another mom calls it an example of kids' lives being "micromanaged."
Heaven forbid kids should scrape their knees...run into each other or worse...HAVE FUN!!!!! *gasp*
On a side note I'm writing a research paper for my English class on the benefits of recess...and seeing stuff like this...argh...it makes me so angry. We are becoming such an overprotective, sue-happy society.