News, No-touching policy at Virginia school forbids student hugs, high-fives.

[KoZmiC NinJa]

Males high fiving could lead to homosexuality

[DCNative]

It's unbelievable that prudes and homophobes are getting their way. They should be locked up!

At this rate, in 20 years nobody is going to get laid and the human species will become extinct!

[Jason_Els]

Originally Posted by RedWingsFan

That's fine with me. Kids don't need to touch each other at school. They need to keep their hands to themselves. It's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.

What are the only other institutions that don't permit touching of any sort? Prisons.

I strongly disagree with you on this. Consider an environment where your child spends eight or more hours a day where the rule is:

• No kissing
• No patting
• No handshaking
• No hugging
• No reassuring touches
• No hand holding
• No contact sports

No affection what-so-ever. I wouldn't want my kid growing-up in an atmosphere where everyone is so paranoid of mutual touching that he or she becomes starved of affection from friends. To raise children in an atmosphere where touch is forbidden is to starve them of something they desperately need. Children also tend to act before they think and the idea that they will be able to follow such a ridiculous rule is to misunderstand their nature and do them emotional harm in the end.

How is it so many have forgotten that children are children. They need love, activity, outlets for energy, challenges, responsibilities, forgiveness, friends, accomplishment, and yes, physical and emotional affection. To criminalize such necessary positive behavior that comes naturally to children, to humans, is to criminalize the most wonderful part of being human. In this case it's not the kids who have a problem but the twisted reasoning of a school district gone mad with yet another absurd, "zero tolerance," policy that can't discriminate between good touching and bad touching. If these alleged educators can't tell the difference between a hug and a black eye then maybe they shouldn't be teaching. Schools act in loco parentis, not as concentration camp guards.

[citigirl]

Originally Posted by DCNative

It's unbelievable that prudes and homophobes are getting their way. They should be locked up!

At this rate, in 20 years nobody is going to get laid and the human species will become extinct!

As long as there are hetrosexuals humans will not become extinct.

I haven't really looked into their reasoning for the hands off policy. Is it a radical decision because of physical violence?

[DCNative]

Originally Posted by citigirl

As long as there are hetrosexuals humans will not become extinct.

I haven't really looked into their reasoning for the hands off policy. Is it a radical decision because of physical violence?

I don't know why they're doing this either.

Sure, I was exaggerating, but if taken too far, heterosexuals could get detention or expelled from school if they catch male and female holding hands, kissing, or even hugging each other. A touch on the forearm? She gets detention. Ridiculous. I'm concerned about the kind of message that sends to the kids, and how it will affect them throughout adulthood.

[GregW]

Bureaucracies are great sources of amusing logic taken to the extream.