Listen Up! This British Sec of Schools Knows

Britain, the Land of the Nannies, wants to coddle and protect everyone from themselves. especially children. But the Secretary of Schools is a smart man and knows that when you do that, something is lost.

KILLJOY headteachers who ban conkers and snowball fights because of injury risks were blasted by Schools Secretary Ed Balls yesterday.

He warned that kids are being robbed of childhood pleasures because of molly-coddling staff.

Scores of schools refuse to let kids play traditional games or go on trips for fear of being sued.

But Mr Balls branded it “safety first paranoia” as he unveiled a 76-page manual, Staying Safe.

Dad-of-three Mr Balls said: “We all want children protected from harm and abuse. But this does not mean we should wrap them in cotton wool.”

This not the case just in Britain, we are experiencing the same molly-coddling here in the US. Schools are outlawing games like tag, dodge ball, jungle gyms and all competitive games, there are no winners and losers, so no one gets their feelings hurt. Coddling children is the worse thing you can do to them, because you are denying them the experience they need to learn to be able to deal with life after public school. The world is not a nice place, and if you coddle a child you are setting them up to lose at the game of life.

It is nice to see a Brit in a leadership position with a head on his shoulders and is not a Nanny.


Mr Minority