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No Best Friends Allowed In Some UK Schools

OK, so now schools in the UK are banning children from making best friends, because they might get upset if they have a fight. Society is getting just...just.... I don't have words for it.


TEACHERS are banning schoolkids from having best pals — so they don't get upset by fall-outs.

Instead, the primary pupils are being encouraged to play in large groups.

Educational psychologist Gaynor Sbuttoni said the policy has been used at schools in Kingston, South West London, and Surrey.

She added: "I have noticed that teachers tell children they shouldn't have a best friend and that everyone should play together.

"They are doing it because they want to save the child the pain of splitting up from their best friend. But it is natural for some children to want a best friend. If they break up, they have to feel the pain because they're learning to deal with it."

Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, confirmed some schools were adopting best-friend bans.

He said: "I don't think it is widespread but it is clearly happening. It seems bizarre.

"I don't see how you can stop people from forming close friendships. We make and lose friends throughout our lives." The Campaign for Real Education, which wants more parental choice in state education, said the "ridiculous" policy was robbing children of their childhood.

Spokesman Chris McGovern added: "Children take things very seriously and if you tell them they can't have a best friend it can be seriously damaging to them. They need to learn about relationships."
This PC rubbish makes me quite angry really.

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  1. 'A ministry of health spokesperson had confirmed that the Government had banned its citizens from dying: "Oftentimes people are loved by others, and it would be traumatic to lose a loved one, so it is our view that it should be illegal to die and cause emotional pain in that way". This follows the banning of cancer, and the Ministry of Justice' ban on violent crime, as well as the Prime Minister's pledge that no one will ever have a bad feeling again.'

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  2. Moneo: LOL well done

    But seriously, Britain as a country is stuffed.

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