what is with this 'no touching' thing one school is implenting??

It sounds abusive to me too. I wouldn't comply with it either way but I was shocked to see some people (calling in to CNN) actually weren't even bothered that much by it. Of course maybe these are people with grown kids or NO kids.... so no accounting for the actual demographics it would be affecting! I'm sure the KIDS themselves would be horrified! I'm a PARENT and I'm horrified.

See, this is what's not okay about this. In THE REAL WORLD, there is nothing wrong with touching other people. Obviously it is not okay to harrass, bully, hit, and assault other people but that goes without saying, doesn't it? It makes little sense to have one rule at a school that doesn't apply anywhere else - besides, I don't see it working even if they try to enforce it. Hmmm, and as far as that community service bs? Here's the finger. lol.

They'll probably have to do extra time in the voluntary, mandatory military civilian service.

I wish there was some recourse - if some policy gets enacted which is so stupid that it bothers the majority, the majority should be able to trace it back to the source and get the source fired and the policy revoked immediately. If people coming up with this crap knew they would lose their jobs and then never be able to work in that capacity again, maybe they'd THINK before coming up with it....

It sends the wrong message first of all.... and also it shifts normal social behaviors into a 'right and wrong' policy and rule thing - where it's not even something that's WRONG in real life!! For God's sake, what is going to happen next? Each person with their microchip implanted code sitting in their own little separate bubbles not allowed to talk to other people, monitored by gps by the government and if you don't want to do something, they override your bubble and drag you kicking and screaming? I just can't believe some of the stuff that actually gets implemented. I have always harbored ideas that anybody who gets into power is crazy, but now I KNOW it's true.

Yes we do! I don't know what is going on with that school but the people responsible for this are awful people and I almost wish as a result they could be ignored and not touched for the rest of their lives just so they get an idea of how hurtful and unacceptable this is. Obviously like I said - as long as there are policies which have absolutely NO tolerance for any type of harrassment, bullying, attacking, or threatening, there is no need to go so far as to say 'because we cannot stop the harrassment, bullying, attacking, or threatening, we are going to tell you that you cannot touch other people'. This is like punishing all the kids, the good kids included - for something which is not their fault. This is the adults throwing up their hands and saying that they can't stop bullying and behavior problems - but that is WHY the adults are there and that is WHAT the adults should be doing, not turning it around and saying 'uh, we can't do anything so we are going to punish all of your kids'. How futile and sad that we are so uncreative as adults... One of the best ways to enjoy a friendship and the company of others is thru hugs and sense of touch, making it 'against the rules' will suddenly make a lot of good kids 'bad kids'. I know I would never tell my daughter that it's not okay to touch her friends, and I don't go along with things that have no basis in reasonableness and reality. I have the right to oppose and the right to be against something so ridiculous.

I realized reading thru that I had made a mistake and it should say 'babies that AREN'T touched and held'. I just think it's rotten that some jerk who doesn't like to be touched and doesn't like pda is probably the type of person behind this whole idea in the first place. I ALWAYS held hands with my friends when I was little - and come to think of it, when you had buddies in school, you were supposed to hold hands. Also, you're supposed to line up and hold on to the person in front of you sometimes, or hold a hand to cross the street.... so what, are they going to tell the adults they can't hold a kid's hand either? My daughter is snuggly and she is also like me in that she is touchy-feely with her friends. She hugs people who are sad to comfort them, and she is always willing to hold the hand of a younger child to keep them from running out in a parking lot or public place until I can do it. I think it is a great disservice to our kids to start telling them 'you are not allowed to touch other people'.