{"id":10076,"date":"2015-10-10T22:05:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T02:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=10076"},"modified":"2015-10-10T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T02:05:16","slug":"dont-stop-kids-from-playing-rough-virginia-postrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2015\/10\/dont-stop-kids-from-playing-rough-virginia-postrel.html","title":{"rendered":"“Don’t Stop Kids from Playing Rough”: Virginia Postrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\u2026Some kids are indeed prone to hurt others. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever watched a group of 4-\u00a0or 5-year-olds play Duck, Duck, Goose<\/a>,\u201d says Carlson, \u201cthere\u2019s always one child who, when it\u2019s his turn or her turn, will not tag. They\u2019ll slap.\u201d Socially and developmentally behind their peers, the offending children are those who most need the lessons big-body play can teach. Keeping them from playing tag, says Carlson, \u201cis not the way they learn how to tag more gently. Continuing to tag is the way they learn to tag more gently.\u201d Good teachers will coach rather than punish kids who play rough. That may sometimes mean physically standing in for playmates to show a child when a tag is too hard or a wrestling grip too tight.<\/p>\n

The law in Carlson\u2019s home state of Georgia prohibits such good pedagogy, at least in child care centers. (School districts set their own policies.)\u00a0It dictates that \u201cstaff shall not engage in, or allow children or other adults to engage in, activities that could be detrimental to a child\u2019s health or well-being, such as, but not limited to, horse play, rough play, wrestling.\u201d This provision assumes ill effects contradicted by psychological research. And it often puts Carlson in the peculiar position of giving training seminars that start with this warning: \u201cWhat I\u2019m about to teach you to do today is illegal in the state of Georgia. However, I was asked by the state of Georgia to present this training to you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (and this article doesn\u2019t even get into the super-obvious racial and class implications of \u201crough play\u201d bans, but you guys can do that math yourself I\u2019m sure)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

writes: \u2026Some kids are indeed prone to hurt others. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever watched a group of 4-\u00a0or 5-year-olds play Duck, Duck, Goose,\u201d says Carlson, \u201cthere\u2019s always one child who, when it\u2019s his turn or her turn, will not tag. They\u2019ll slap.\u201d Socially and developmentally behind their peers, the offending children are those who most need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[101,17,33,72],"class_list":["post-10076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-america","tag-children-will-listen","tag-education-in-reverse","tag-in-the-flesh"],"yoast_head":"\n"Don't Stop Kids from Playing Rough": Virginia Postrel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"writes: ...Some kids are indeed prone to hurt others. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever watched a group of 4-\u00a0or 5-year-olds play Duck, Duck, Goose,\u201d says Carlson, \u201cthere\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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