Second Grader Playing 'Rescue the World' at Recess Suspended After Throwing Pretend Grenade at 'Evil Forces' (With Adorable Interview!)

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It's getting harder and harder to be a kid these days.  Back in the day, children frequently played "cops and robbers" and other good vs. bad games at recess and around the house.  Now they're getting punished for it.

On the heels of three 6-year-olds being suspended for making gun signs with their hands during recess and a 5-year-old girl being suspended and labeled a "terrorist threat" for threatening to shoot her friend with a "Hello Kitty" bubble gun, a 7-year-old Colorado boy at Loveland’s Mary Blair Elementary School is reportedly in a similar position.

So what did he do?  Apparently the 2nd grader was playing "rescue the world" at recess when he threw a pretend grenade at a make-believe box full of "evil forces."  There wasn't actually anything in his hand, nor was there a real box.

“I was trying to save people and I just can’t believe I got dispended,” Alex Evans said.  After demonstrating how the game is played, he said he threw fake grenade at the box "so nothing can get out and destroy the world.”

Fox 31 has more on the story:

But his imaginary play broke the school’s real rules. The school lists “absolutes” designed to keep a safe environment. The list includes absolutely no fighting, real or imaginary; no weapons, real or imaginary.Click here to see the Mary Blair “Absolutes”

“Honestly I don’t think the rule is very realistic for kids this age,” says Alex’s mom Mandie Watkins.

Alex is like a lot of 2nd graders, perpetual motion. His mom says the little boy doesn’t understand why pretending to be a soldier was wrong. “I think that when a child is trying to save the world, I don’t think he should be punished for it.”  [Emphasis added]

The mother adds that Alex will be staying home until they can get the issue resolved.

Watch young Alex's interview with Fox 31, below:

(H/T: Cain TV)

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Related:

• 5-Year-Old Suspended, Labeled a ‘Terrorist Threat’ for Threatening to Shoot Friend With Toy Bubble Gun
• ‘It’s Ridiculous’: Three 6-Year-Olds Suspended for Making ‘Gun’ Signs With Hands During Recess
• School Allegedly Asks Deaf Preschooler to Change His Name Because Sign Language Version Resembles ‘Weapons’