Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 8/3/2007 9:55:00 PM Author: 'saac's mama Subject: I quite agree with the last few posters ... I quite agree with the last few posters that wrestling can be a healthy, fun way for kids to play together. Experiencing their bodies, learning limits (yes, they will impose limits on themselves--watch two children of unequal size/ability wrestle and you will inevitably see the bigger/stronger/older one hold back and make sure the little one's OK), getting close to their friends are some of the good things little ones do with 'rough' play. I'm mystified by the connection the first few posters made between wrestling and guns. One is a way to connect with friends and challenge your own body. The other is a way to disconnect, discharge hostility with no chance of a response or compromise (watch how upset little shooters get when their victims won't 'die'). Guns have no purpose other than killing (well, wounding to the point of incapacitation, I guess). Touching has all kinds of other positives. Name: Email: Subject

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