What a strange world we live in

Ive just dropped the youngest of at school and the puddles in the playground have been circled with cones
Apparently there a slip hazard

 

"Had an accident? Got a claim?"

I've even heard of solicitors hanging round school gates to find any kids who've fallen over whilst in school...

In my day, we ran around, occasionally fell over, got grazed knees, cried a bit, there was the very occasional broken arm etc. It was part of being a kid. Unbelievable these days...

 

Hope they have signs regarding the disposal of banana skins.

 

It's a spurious excuse to avoid dealling with small children with wet feet.
Same lateral thinking happened in hospital when they didn't want to be annoyed by mobile phones so incorrectly claimed for years that they would interfere with life saving equipment...

 

Made my heart beat faster or was that the fantastic nurse tending my fevered brow

 

Where will they try out their new wellies?
New wellies = jumping in puddles

















I still do this

 

When i was a kid if it was raining you walked into school in your wellies and carried your shoes in your bag
School shoes indoors wellies outdoors at playtime

My youngest loves going out for walks in the rain to find big puddles to jump in

 

There was an article in the daily mail not so long back about a group if school moms who were lobbying against Peppa Pig as they believed it was encouraging kids to jump in muddy puddles! Maybe they were responsible for the cones @paradox !?!

 

No way thats ridiculous

Kids should jump in puddles,play conkers,climb trees etc etc

 

Sliding down the bannister ?holding the bat wing doors I corridor closed till there is a crowd at other side then jump out of way so doors open suddenly and there is a pile up?(And ! if caught by teacher ,getting "The Belt!!!)

 

Well me and my four year old have just taken the dog for a walk, we have collected conkers and acorns, kicked leaves and jumped in puddles .... Peppa Pig .... Oink Oink Oink .... But we didn't have chocolate cake for breakfast a la George

 

Britains have the weakest necks in the world according to whip lash claims...

Kids will soon be suing the schools...

 

Surely its against their human rights being made to go to school?

 

You reminded me of this

 

We have wellie walk Wednesday in my classes, out we go 4 groups off 15, 4/5 year olds rain or shine we are out there, hide things around the school for them to find related to the subjects we are learning, today I hid pictures off butterfly's around our small forest.
I love it when it's a wet day cos I tell all the children there's one hid under a tree go under the tree with them, get them all close together then start to shake the tree to get them wet.

 

Brilliant, I kept clicking back to just before he jumps in. Ha Ha!

I made him crack his head about 8 times...

 

I'm just laughing at the thought of him jumping....

 

Yes it was all the Alpha Male posing before he jumps that made me want him to fail and look stupid. Which he did, spectacularly.

 

Growing up I encouraged my boys to jump in puddles, walk on the walls, wade in streams and kick up piles of leaves, climb trees ( worryingly at 8 years old one could get to 20 odd foot in minutes) run naked in the rain, paint - including themselves and play with glitter and sand in the house. Their pleasure was a joy to witness
I do have friends and relatives who marvelled at this cos they didn't like any mess on their kids clothes or in the house. Unbelievable. (To my mind that's almost like cruelty to children).
At my funeral the last thing I want them to remember me for is someone who kept a tidy house.