{"id":1171,"date":"2006-08-08T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/long-distance-running-is-consi.html"},"modified":"2006-08-08T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T00:25:00","slug":"long-distance-running-is-consi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/long-distance-running-is-consi.html","title":{"rendered":"Long Distance Running is Considered Child Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m learning a lot about the British by reading the Daily Mail. Very helpful. Just yesterday, I learned that cross-country running was child abuse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Cross-country running in schools could be a form of child abuse that breaches human rights, teenagers have been told.
\nA textbook used in citizenship classes claims the traditional activity is a form of physical abuse.
\nThe guide, which tells pupils their legal rights, suggests cross-country is as damaging as bullying. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Physical exercise is child abuse? Kids have enough problems with exercise, they don’t need a textbook telling them it’s abuse.
\nUpdated to fix spelling mistakes. You can’t expect perfect spelling when I was falling asleep writing it (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m learning a lot about the British by reading the Daily Mail. Very helpful. Just yesterday, I learned that cross-country running was child abuse: Cross-country running in schools could be a form of child abuse that breaches human rights, teenagers have been told. 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