As if it weren’t bad enough that American children lag behind every major industrialized country in the world when it comes to math, science and literary skill, not seems they are being forced to embrace a sedentary lifestyle.
Across the country, schools are banning sports and games in the name of “safety.” Contact sports like soccer and touch football are now being banned during recess (assuming the school hasn’t banned recess in its entirety), because children sometimes suffer injuries such as broken bones.
Some schools may allow such games in a more supervised and controlled environment, but gone are the days when children have any measure of freedom during recess, route robotic control is now the order of the day. Perhaps such control would not be so bad if schools actually produced results, but sadly the opposite is more often the case.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-26-recess-bans_x.htm
