That is what I was told today by another nurse--the nurse at my sons school.
See I had graciously volunteered my time with about 25 other parents to take over the school for 45min so the entire staff could enjoy a Christmas lunch togather. I was assisgned to gym class. I had the 3rd graders. We could have played kick ball but the kids were not really paying attention--goofing off in line waiting for thier turn to kick---So I had the brilliant idea of lets play "Red Rover- Red Rover" --All kids were included, everyone had a great time.
When our time was up and we were putting on our coats one of the other moms asked what we did in gym class and I told her, that is when the school nurse over heard-eyes rolling/shoulders back and announced in a surpingsly lound voice in front of everyone including the principal. "Your a nurse-you should know better, Red Rover is known to pull childrens arms out of socket, can cause abdominal injuries and head injuries" etc etc etc. Apparently Red Rover has been banned from my kids school for about 10 years now!!
Yikes---if she only knew I actually let my boys climb trees, run with sticks and and play knuckels till someone cries...
Specializes in NICU, School Nursing, & Community Health.
I have no idea why nurses always feel the need to point out how inferior another nurses' judgment is.
I'm a school nurse and I've had parent's in the health care field do the same to me.
Kudos to you for volunteering!!
When I was a kid we used to play this game called Spread Eagle ( I know, sounds crude). You had to bounce a tennis ball against a wall and catch it. If you missed you had to get up against the wall (hence the Spread Eagle) and the other kid got to peg you as hard as they could with the tennis ball! LOL
Gosh, I loved Red Rover!!! All the neighborhood kids would come over and we'd have such a great time. Whoever thought the day would come when a classic would be banned? So next will be Tag because someone could trip and skin their knee. Gosh, let's just let our kids plop in front of the TV and keep them safe, opps I forget they say that leads to childhood obesity. Darned if you do darned if you don't. Bravo for giving the kids a fun afternoon!!!
Specializes in CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control.
Gosh I loved all of those physical games like Red Rover,Marco Polo,Tag,Dodge ball,tether ball,etc. I had a unicycle,bicycle,climbed trees went barefoot and had a blast. I'm sorry to hear that today's kids are so "protected".
The best answer probably would have been, "Amazingly, they all seem to be fine."
In fairness to the schools, it's not like some idiot randomly came up with the idea that children shouldn't be allowed to play physical games. These policies were implemented because of the handful of parents who believe that their child is special, and should never ever be injured under any circumstances.
Once upon a time little Johnny broke his arm falling out of a tree, and everyone said, "Poor thing, but I guess boys will be boys." Now days, too many entitled, self-important parents get on the phone with their lawyer.
All schools have money issues. If it's a choice between letting kids play fun games vs dealing with lawsuits and insurance payouts, they're going to ban Red Rover.
I don't blame them, I'd probably do the same if I was the one signing the checks.
Specializes in telemetry, medsurg, homecare, psychiatry.
My 9 year old son was sent to the principals office today because he and his friend were playing tag and another child told the teacher that the two boys were fighting when he only tagged him. He told me that they were just playing. He and his best friend sat in the office from 1000-1145 waiting to see the principal... The principal didn't get a chance to see them. In conclusion, he is so confused because he "in his 9 year old mind" believes that they are best friends and were playing a game. I told him Sometimes it's easy for people to misinterpret different things we do.
So where do we draw the line? He couldn't play his tag game, and then he missed 1 hour and fourty-five minutes of classes, which he later had to make up at his next recess.
The best answer probably would have been, "Amazingly, they all seem to be fine."
In fairness to the schools, it's not like some idiot randomly came up with the idea that children shouldn't be allowed to play physical games. These policies were implemented because of the handful of parents who believe that their child is special, and should never ever be injured under any circumstances.
Once upon a time little Johnny broke his arm falling out of a tree, and everyone said, "Poor thing, but I guess boys will be boys." Now days, too many entitled, self-important parents get on the phone with their lawyer.
All schools have money issues. If it's a choice between letting kids play fun games vs dealing with lawsuits and insurance payouts, they're going to ban Red Rover.
I don't blame them, I'd probably do the same if I was the one signing the checks.
My older son once got suspended from school in the 5th grade for calling a classmate a "one-legged prostitute".
:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Call me inappropriate, but this made me laugh so hard I cried!! (not the suspended part, but the insult) I gotta figure they should have given the kid points for originality!!
And my kids ride dirt bikes, and jump in a trampoline, and play red rover, and leg wrestle...Hmm...I should know better. I'm a nurse..:chuckle
When people say, "You're a nurse, so you should know better," I reply with something like...
"You're right. I am a nurse. I know better, and I am making a conscious decision to be human."
Or... something relating to the fact that I am a nurse, therefore I know how to fix whatever could possibly go wrong. Broken bones, cuts and scrapes, etc etc etc. I am a nurse and I smoke. Yes, I know the consequences of smoking -- I teach my patients about smoking cessation. I drink alcohol on occasion too. I know all about the damage it does to the liver, and I educate my patients on that as well. I make human choices despite the knowledge I have. I figure we're some of the most knowledgeable and know the ins and outs, tricks and secrets, and can probably get away with the most in the world. :) If I can't fix it, I'll at least solve the immediate problem and make do until we can get to someone who can. For God's sake, I save lives -- I think I can handle my kid falling out of a tree, off his skateboard, off his dirtbike, and I'm sure I could manage if his shoulder got dislocated or if he ended up with nursemaid's elbow from playing freaking Red Rover.
Shake it off. :) What everyone else doesn't know won't hurt them!
The best answer probably would have been, "Amazingly, they all seem to be fine."
In fairness to the schools, it's not like some idiot randomly came up with the idea that children shouldn't be allowed to play physical games. These policies were implemented because of the handful of parents who believe that their child is special, and should never ever be injured under any circumstances.
Once upon a time little Johnny broke his arm falling out of a tree, and everyone said, "Poor thing, but I guess boys will be boys." Now days, too many entitled, self-important parents get on the phone with their lawyer.
All schools have money issues. If it's a choice between letting kids play fun games vs dealing with lawsuits and insurance payouts, they're going to ban Red Rover.
I don't blame them, I'd probably do the same if I was the one signing the checks.
Man, I remember when they banned "Bull Rush" from NZL schools, it sounds like Red Rover, but it BR is essentially children running from one of the field to the other and trying to plough through kids in the middle who are trying to tag them. It was fun and I never got hurt nor did any of my maniac friends.
Of course now, children are all modle coddled and wrapped in bubble plastic! My sister is so over protective of her kid that when I let her chase some rather grunty swans I was yelled at by my younger sis "you're supposed to be a nurse!" She was affraid the swans would eat her daughter or something!
this thread put me in mind of this email i received the other day. though not directly related, it certainly contains some very valid points:
love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! bill gates recently gave a speech at a high school about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. he talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
rule 1: life is not fair - get used to it!
rule 2: the world won't care about your self-esteem. the world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
rule 3: you will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school. you won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
rule 4: if you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
rule 5: flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
rule 6: if you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
rule 7: before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. they got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. so before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
rule 8: your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. in some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. this doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.
rule 9: life is not divided into semesters. you don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. do that on your own time..
rule 10: television is not real life. in real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
rule 11: be nice to nerds. chances are you'll end up working for one.
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I have no idea why nurses always feel the need to point out how inferior another nurses' judgment is.
I'm a school nurse and I've had parent's in the health care field do the same to me.
Kudos to you for volunteering!!
When I was a kid we used to play this game called Spread Eagle ( I know, sounds crude). You had to bounce a tennis ball against a wall and catch it. If you missed you had to get up against the wall (hence the Spread Eagle) and the other kid got to peg you as hard as they could with the tennis ball! LOL