Sure, soda and food dye and too much screen time are all evils we should shield our kids from.
But Wiffle Ball? Red Rover? Freeze tag?
Earlier today, the Daily News reported on the New York Health Department's beef with those age-old games, putting them on a list of risky recreational activities that require medical oversight if offered at camp programs. (Other activities on the list include archery and horseback riding.)
Camp directors worried the regulations could hurt small recreational programs that can't afford to provide a medical staff. This provoked an Internet-wide eye roll -- and it seems New York health officials were paying attention, as they're now backing off the strict playground guidelines.
Good move, we say. Last we checked, these games -- a staple of school playgrounds everywhere -- are a pretty great way to get kids moving around, not to mention the life skills gained by such things as catching that red rubber ball square in the stomach. (It prepares you for the many gut punches you'll receive in life, doesn't it?)
Related story: N.Y. backs off rules on kickball, tag at day camps
What do you think?