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I came across this article which I must definitely share with you guys as I'm very interested to know your thoughts on this. For your convenience, I have copied the excerpts from the article here:

"A Washington state school district has banned the game of tag for kids at recess, citing student safety. "While at play, especially during recess and unstructured time, students are expected to keep their hands to themselves. The rationale behind this is to ensure the physical and emotional safety of all students," Mercer Island School District communications director Mary Grady told local news station Q13Fox on Wednesday. Parents weren't impressed.

Community members created a Facebook group, STAR MI ("Support Tag At Recess in Mercer Island"), to protest the decision. "Tag and other child led games encourage independence and much needed activity," says the group's description.

Superintendent Gary Plano brought up the backlash to the new "hands-off" rule at a school board meeting Thursday, according to the Mercer Island Reporter. "It's regretful that what seemed to be a well-intentioned desire to help protect kids has taken a life of its own," said Plano, announcing that he would form a committee that would gather parents' feedback.

Tag is not the only common childhood activity under attack. Schools nationwide have banned hugging, dodgeball and competitive games in general. Several schools in the United Kingdom have even prohibited the concept of "best friends.""

What do you think?

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We are a big fan of Little Critter's apps and I think it is great to be able to review this app as our kiddos are growing up and have been nagging us to get them dog as their pet. We're still waiting for our kiddos to be older a wee bit before we even consider dogs as pets. For now, our kiddos have a few tortoises which were a gift from their aunt recently.

* Title: Just One More Pet - Little Critter
* Price: $1.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Sep 08, 2015
* Version: 2.7.1
* Size: 37.2 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+ Made for Ages 5 and Under
* Requirements: Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Description from the product page:

"Join Little Critter in this interactive book app, where he finds a lost doggy hiding in the bushes. He isn't sure who the doggy belongs to, but he tries to take very good care of him until his owner shows up. When the doggy goes missing, Little Critter gets worried. Can Little Critter handle just one more pet?

* This app is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* There are options to go to other numbers instead of going through one by one.

* I like that there is an option to use new narrator's voice (aka me!)

* I like the storyline where it teaches us how to care for animals and pets, to be kind and caring if you find any lost pets.

* I also used the opportunity to educate our kiddos on the big responsibilities and commitment required to own a pet.

* Overall a nice story for the family!

You can purchase the "Little Critter Numbers" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"