COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.
"It causes a lot of conflict on the playground," said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school.
Running games are still allowed as long as students don't chase each other, she said.
Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban but most parents and children didn't object.
In 2005, two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. School officials said the move encouraged more students to play games and helped reduce playground squabbles.
This country sucks. Some 5 year old girl probably got slapped on the tit while playing tag so now it's banned. I don't know about you but when I was a kid at recess, playing games like those were a rite of passage. The harder you could slug or kick some guy in the marbles, the higher the esteem you were held in. And no kid would go home sceaming to his parents that his dice hurt, he'd live on to fight another day to get even.