A playground incident between two students prompted the East Shore Middle School in Milford, CT, to ban all touching on school grounds, including hugging.
Principal Catherine Williams sent a letter home to parents stating that any touching at school, including "hugging" and "horseplay," could result in disciplinary action ranging from parent conferences to suspension or even expulsion. The extreme and "overly broad" response came after a kick to the groin sent a boy to the emergency room in March. Some parents approve of the ban, but others say kids shouldn't be prevented from enjoying high-fives and handshakes with their pals.
Comments:
- A hug, high-five, and other physical "contact" is, I believe, a basic human need - both a need to receive and a need to give. To outlaw such, seems the beginning down the path of "roboticising" us as humans!!
- i agree with this ban. what about the poor child that no one hugs because he/she is preceived as gross or funny looking? in order to help that kid's self-esteem, it would be better if he/she saw others not getting hugs from their friends. this way, the outcast child will see not hugging as normal behavior and possibly feel like less of an outcast. won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!
- The kids can't touch each other, but they can go to the office and get condoms and birth control, advice on how to hook up with other GAYS, Etc. so THIS, is Obama's 2009 America!
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