A Parent’s Dilemma: Should You Let Your Kid Play Football?

Hruby talks to families and those involved with youth sports to find out what’s changed—and what hasn’t changed—since the revelations around concussions and CTE:

Earlier that season, Parker had leveled another boy. He earned a personal foul. Monet remembered the moment, how proud she felt as her son skipped back to the sideline.

Mommy! Mommy! I made a kid eat dirt!

“I sat back and said, ‘Wow,’” she says. “What if I’m the parent of that other kid?”

Source: Sports on Earth
Published: Nov 15, 2013
Length: 32 minutes (8,019 words)
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