FREE TO FANTASISE
I can completely relate to the article on aggressive play ('For real?', 15 May). Only yesterday my eight-year-old son came home from school upset because he had been put in time-out for 'fighting'.
When I asked what had happened, he explained how he and a friend had been doing wrestling scenes from 'Royal Rumble' (a DVD he got for his birthday). No-one had been hurt, but the teacher had acted on what she had seen, without allowing them to explain. When my eldest son was into Power Rangers, he too was always acting out his favourite characters.
We need to allow children the freedom to express themselves through fantasy play, only intervening when someone's safety is an issue. I think primary schools need to be educated on boys' fantasy play and allow them to rough and tumble with guidelines set.
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