Winner of "Most inappropriate response to behavior issues in small children EVER"

[delphipsmith]

A preschool in Philadelphia has prohibited its kids from acting like superheroes during recess. For realz. Because apparently the correct response to excessively rough play in five-year-olds is to BAN SUPERMAN.

The letter begins thusly:

PARENTS WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Recently it has been brought to our attention that the imaginations of our preschool children are becoming dangerously overactive...

Because yeah, IMAGINATION BAD. When I was in preschool I dressed as Batgirl for Halloween (and yes, I was adorable). Guess that won't be an option for anyone at this re-education camp school.

More here: Preschool Bans Kids From “Super Hero Play,” Doesn’t Even Have the Decency To Do It With Proper Grammar

And here: Preschool Bans Kids From Pretending to Be Superheroes, Misses Point of Childhood Completely .

Comments

[duniazade.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

Reminds me of something I read on the BBC: there's a school where they don't want the kids to have best friends because "the others may feel excluded."

[delphipsmith]

Oh, FFS. How nutters is that? Pretending that life, the universe and everything will always treat everyone exactly equally is a big lie, and simply sets kids up for worse disappointments down the line. When one person aces a test, everyone does not get an A. When somebody falls in love with your best friend, they do not also fall in love with you. When one person at work gets a raise, everyone else does not get one. A better lesson to teach them would be how to deal with disappointment in a healthy and constructive manner: "I'm sorry Mary doesn't want to be your best friend. I know this hurts your feelings, but you can't make people feel something they don't. Now, why don't we invite Jane and Anne over to play?"