{"id":716,"date":"2001-11-21T06:54:05","date_gmt":"2001-11-21T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=716"},"modified":"2001-11-21T06:54:05","modified_gmt":"2001-11-21T11:54:05","slug":"the_horror_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/21\/the_horror_the.html","title":{"rendered":"The Horror … the Horror …"},"content":{"rendered":"

A North Carolina pre-school was docked rating points by one state regulator for (gasp!) having nine green plastic army men<\/a> in the play area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf stereotyping or violence is shown with regard to any group, then credit cannot be given,\u201d wrote evaluator Katie Haselden. \u201cIt was observed that nine \u2018army men\u2019 were present in the block play area. These figures reflect stereotyping and violence, therefore credit cannot be given.\u201d
\n[…] Anna Carter, supervisor of the N.C. Division of Child Development\u2019s Policy and Program Unit, said authors of the Environmental Rating System consider toy soldiers inappropriate because they represent a violent theme. \u201cThey don\u2019t enrich the environment and can be potentially dangerous if children use them to act out violent themes,\u201d she said.
\nWhen asked if parental influence could prompt some children to view soldiers as positive, protective role models, Ms. Carter insisted that children couldn\u2019t draw that distinction. \u201cThey\u2019d be more likely to use the toy soldiers to hurt the other army men or to shoot the stuffed animals,\u201d she said, adding that if that happened she didn\u2019t believe most early childhood educators could be trusted to redirect the children toward more appropriate play.<\/p>\n

Well, duh.<\/p>\n

I think it worth noting that I played with army men as a child (in a household where my mother would not tolerate a toy gun), and managed to come out of it without a thrill for inflicting violence, a love of guns, or a hatred of Germans. On the other hand, I did exercise my imagination, had an an interest in learning about things military sparked, and grew up to not abhor plastic army men.<\/p>\n

Which, I suppose, proves their point.<\/p>\n

(Via Best of the Web Today)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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