So anyway, here's my question:

Has your kid's school banned particular movements during recess, "for your child's safety?"
Our kid reports that cartwheels, handstands, and backbends are now forbidden, even when done in wide open spaces. I'm pretty perturbed about this for a whole lot of reasons, and am looking for advice on how to approach the school.

*caveat that yes, I have confirmed from others that my kid isn't making this up.

It's perturbing because:
1. Kids need movement. It's important not just for their wellbeing in the moment but also for neuromuscular development.
2. If certain movements pose risks to other kids, then kids should be encouraged to develop ground rules for those movements. Having kids learn how to have fun while also caring for others is a skill, and what better way to develop it?
3. Banning certain movements deprives kids of the opportunity to develop their own judgment about their capabilities

4. Policing totally fun, normal, kid-like movements such as cartwheels is a slippery slope toward policing other things about their bodies.
5. There are FAR more dangerous things about school than the risk of pulling a hamstring or breaking a bone doing a cartwheel. IDK maybe we can start with guns, cars, mold, COVID, book bans, assault, bullying, hell even chocolate milk in the lunch line.