Not only is laughing in the woods criminal but it appears that 5-year old little girls hugging their friends at school can be added to the list of infractions.
"MAYNARD, Mass. -- A family in Maynard is outraged after their 5-year-old daughter was forced to write a letter denouncing hugging after a classmate embraced her."
Forced to write a letter???? This little girl who is simply returning a hug to her little friend had to write a letter stating:
"I touch Sophie because she touch me and I didn't like it because she was hugging me. I didn't like when she hugged me."
"She said, 'I'm really sad that I got in trouble for hugging,'" Brier said.
I guess that what these two little girls did was against school rules? Hugs, well I don't know about anyone else but I have always loved hugs and never thought of them to be a negative sign of affection. If one lifts another off their feet, well isn't that just an extra big hug and a, 'Gosh I am so happy to see you' sort of hug? I must have my signals crossed. Maybe this teacher didn't like the fact that it was two girls and not a boy and a girl?
Man, they are really starting the kids with these insane rules at an early age. Some schools don't allow running on their playgrounds at recess for fear that the children will trip and get hurt. Another in our state wouldn't allow the kids outside to play because it was too windy...but it was a warm summer day. They thought the kids would get sand in their eyes. Another school has banned the game of tag on the playground. Which begs the question, what is the point of childhood? Take away the affection, take away the running and the games that you and I grew up only to have some fond memories to share with our kids and you have the Stepford Children.
Hey, I know, lets get them all on Ritalin and turn them into the zombies that some in this society seem to think makes the 'ideal child'! And then lets teach them to use EVERY excuse in the book when they do in fact commit a crime, like murder, and teach them that they can just use the bipolar excuse or the insanity plea. Oh, and lets convince them that they were molested by their fathers too just for good measure and that it's because of that that they suffer depression and personality disorders.
Ok, enough now. But when a hug constitutes a 5-year old little girl having to explain why she was doing so to her FRIEND and being reprimanded for it, I do find that to be a little irritating and somewhat ass backwards in a world that is in dire need of more hugs. I often times think that kids are much better teachers than teachers themselves.
Take a damn lesson, have you hugged your friend today?
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