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chefdennis

chefdennis

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Yeap Kickball and other childhood games that poses a "significant risk of injury."
LOL,. I really have no idea how any of us lived as long as we have with all of the dangerous things we did as kids...and how irresponsible were our parents....:rolleyes:

This is just more Liberal BS that furthers the point that these people have to "protect the people from themselves" because "they know better whats in the people best interest" then the people themselves...LOL, also as you read, it seems to also be a 'money grab'....:rolleyes:

Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation

BY Glenn Blain
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Tuesday, April 19th 2011, 4:00 AM
Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation

ALBANY - State bureaucrats have identified a potentially deadly hazard facing our children this summer - freeze tag.

That's right, officials have decided the age-old street game - along with Wiffle Ball, kickball and dodgeball - poses a "significant risk of injury."

And classics like Capture the Flag, Steal the Bacon and Red Rover are also deemed dangerous in new state regulations for day camps.

"It looks like Albany bureaucrats are looking for kids to just sit in a corner in a house all day and not be outside," said state Sen. Patty Ritchie (R-St. Lawrence County).

"I don't think Wiffle Ball is a dangerous sport."

The Health Department created a list of supposedly risky recreational activities - which also includes more perilous pursuits like archery, scuba and horseback riding - in response to a state law passed in 2009.

The law sought to close a loophole that legislators said allowed too many indoor camp programs to operate without oversight.

Under the new rules, any program that offers two or more organized recreational activities - with at least one of them on the risky list - is deemed a summer camp and subject to state regulation.

Ritchie said the regulations could cripple small recreational programs, forcing them to pay a $200 fee to register as a summer camp and provide medical staff.

And many parents felt like state officials were being, well, wimpy.

Kimberly Baxter, 27, a medical assistant from South Ozone Park, Queens, said she played freeze tag with abandon as a youngster.

"I never got hurt, maybe scraped my knee once in a while but that was it," said Baxter, mom to a 1-year-old girl.

Deborah Graham, 51, a mother of two from Harlem, said moving around was less harmful than playing video games all summer.

"You could develop Carpal Tunnel Syndrome," she said. "And when (kids) eat, eat, and eat, they get diabetes. That's dangerous."

The state Camp Directors Association backed the 2009 law, and Health Department spokeswoman Diane Mathis said the list of risky activities was crafted with help from camp groups.

She said the list - which labeled Frisbee, tug of war and sack races as safe - was offered only as "guidance" to local governments and organization.

She stressed that not every program will need to hire medical staff. Some simply need to have a plan in place to deal with medical emergencies.

"There will be flexibility in how the law is implemented," Mathis said.

Susan Craig, a spokeswoman for the city Health Department, said the new law is not expected to have much impact since most city programs already meet the state requirements.

While many New Yorkers scoffed at the idea of tag leading to traumatic brain or spinal injury, Bronx resident Kim Wainwright said it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Kids these days are kinda brutal so I can see those games being dangerous," said Wainwright, who has a 5-year-old. "I agree with it."
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Letzboogie

Letzboogie

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chefdennis said:
Yeap Kickball and other childhood games that poses a "significant risk of injury."
LOL,. I really have no idea how any of us lived as long as we have with all of the dangerous things we did as kids...and how irresponsible were our parents....:rolleyes:

This is just more Liberal BS that furthers the point that these people have to "protect the people from themselves" because "they know better whats in the people best interest" then the people themselves...LOL, also as you read, it seems to also be a 'money grab'....:rolleyes:

Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation

BY Glenn Blain
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Tuesday, April 19th 2011, 4:00 AM
Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation
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You've hit it on the head. As we all know, when children participate in games such as kickball, their self esteem and self worth are often bolstered. It can help to give them a "can do" attitude and promotes success thorugh team work, while providng exercise for their young developing bodies. As a liberal I can tell you this is the last thing we want today.
If we have all these future voters having their heads filled with illusions of self confidence and success, how will we be able to control their minds when it comes time to elect our leaders? We need to stop kickball and other such activities now!:rolleyes:

Seriously though, how crazy are these people?
 
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blackpup

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WE rule. Bow down before us. We will break you to harness. Question us not. We have the greater good in mind, OURS. This message brought to you by the New York State School Board. Have a wonderful day. Just rember one last thing, OBEY.

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chefdennis

chefdennis

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LOL... they got busted and they had to "cover their azz's, so they blame the previous admin and then backoff....:rolleyes:

APRIL 19, 2011, 3:40 P.M. ET

NY backs off rules on kickball, tag at day camps

NY backs off rules on kickball, tag at day camps - WSJ.com

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials have yanked a set of proposed guidelines for what were initially deemed risky day camp games like Red Rover and kickball.

Health department spokeswoman Claudia Hutton says the rules and lists of games and activities were sent out to municipalities and other camp operators under the previous administration.

She says that after a review spurred by a lawmaker's questions Friday and subsequent news reports, they've been judged too detailed and amount to micromanagement.

Hutton said Tuesday that the department will continue gathering information during a comment period that ends May 16 and will formulate new safety regulations that are broader.

The regulations are required under a 2009 rule meant to close a loophole in the law that allowed indoor day camps to operate without the same state oversight applied to outdoor day camps.
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layoutshooter

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Letzboogie said:
You've hit it on the head. As we all know, when children participate in games such as kickball, their self esteem and self worth are often bolstered. It can help to give them a "can do" attitude and promotes success thorugh team work, while providng exercise for their young developing bodies. As a liberal I can tell you this is the last thing we want today.
If we have all these future voters having their heads filled with illusions of self confidence and success, how will we be able to control their minds when it comes time to elect our leaders? We need to stop kickball and other such activities now!:rolleyes:

Seriously though, how crazy are these people?
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LOL!! And I thought you were a liberal!!

Liberals LOVE stupid stuff like "self esteem". They LOVE kids to running around feeling wonderful about themselves as the flunk out of school etc.

What liberal FEAR is confidence. Confidence come from accomplishing DIFFICULT tasks. The more difficult the task the greater the accomplishment and the more confidence a person builds.

Confidence leads to the next thing that liberal really fear, that is self reliance. The idea that someone is able to fend for themselves is contrary to their view of the "festering masses" who they are sworn (not that oaths mean anything to a liberal) to save and protect from themselves.

You must be a "Classic Liberal" They can still think for themselves. :p

Is this kickball thing not one of the silliest things you ever saw? Then they will complain that kids are fat in the next sentence.

Besides, nothing wrong with a kid getting banged up once in a while. If they don't they will end up like European soccer players, one bump on the shin and they roll around on the ground for a few hours whining and crying about the pain.

IF they DO get banged up a bit they can then make it to the NHL. There you just cut cut by a stick or a puck traveling at 100MPH, sit on the bench for 5 minutes while they stitch you up and right back out and play.

Must be confidence!! :D
 
EnglishLady

EnglishLady

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layoutshooter said:
Besides, nothing wrong with a kid getting banged up once in a while. If they don't they will end up like European soccer players, one bump on the shin and they roll around on the ground for a few hours whining and crying about the pain.
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HEY !!!!




That is so very true :D:D
 
layoutshooter

layoutshooter

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EnglishLady said:
HEY !!!!




That is so very true :D:D
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Yeah, I used to laugh for HOURS when I watched "football" in England. I used to play hockey. What a hoot those cry babies were!!

THEN, after rolling around on the ground for an hour or two they would get up and pat each other on the butt (in them cute little shorts) for another hour or so!! ( I am being SO bad!)
 
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