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Tag Ban

Commentator Lenore Skenazy notes that some schools around the country have taken measures to ban playground games such as dodge ball. In some cases, this has led to banning the game of tag, too. Skenazy always preferred tag, which required James Bond-like cleverness, to dodge ball, which was more like all-out war.

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