Touchy - Feely

A school in Connecticut (a state known for leaning a bit too far left) has banned any physical contact. That's right, no hugging, arms-over-shoulders, or even high-fiving. They are well on their way to the brick-in-the-wall idealism I would normally accuse conservatives of.
As ludicrous as this sounds, I have actually experienced the same ridiculous "no touching" experiment in the sixth grade. Here in Utah, the reddest state in the Union, you would think that the school would be more worried about keeping evolution out an abstinence in out schools rather than keeping then from touching one another. It was a similar system, no touching of any kind was allowed, even arms over shoulders were banned. Me, like most kids, inevitably ended up in the principals office for one offense or another. My mother was rather upset with the school's needless and difficult to enforce policy, along with many other parents. The rule quietly disappeared by the end of the school year. This school also tried to ban chewing gum and certain types of necklaces that could have potentially been used as 'weapons.'
So what use is it to tell kids that they cannot practice one of the most fundamental forms of non-verbal communication, especially when they are at such an important stage in their social development? Why inhibit the forming of bonds among children, just so you can proudly proclaim during a PTA meeting that you have stopped any and all possible forms of inappropriate touching from your school? Just so you can be as PC as possible due to the fear of not having your ass covered enough. But it just doesn't work. I didn't intentionally set out to break the rule when I was under the same iron no-touching fist, it just happened. Why? Because I was a kid. Whether it was either patting a shoulder or play-shoving in the lunch line, it was all in young, innocent fun.
I'm not one to casually spout tautologies, but dammit, kids will be kids, and you should let them be. Please, think of the children.