This paranoid emphasis on safety is one of the reasons that childhood obesity is on the rise. People are so afraid of their children, or other people's children getting injured that they would prefer they not play at all, unfortunately this just sets trends for their later life. I realize that this was instituted in a Jr/Sr High, but that's not much better. We should be moving towards a more active lifestyle trend, and making sure these young people are getting the activity and the knowledge that will help to keep health care costs down, as opposed to making it seem like sports of all kind are bad. I guess people won't get the message until we're all like the severly obese people, that get to float around on their floaty chairs in Wall-E.
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