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[quote=Anonymous]  You can do whatever you want with your kid after school, but during school young elementary kids should be fine with playground equipment, playground balls (hard enough for soccer, basketball and catch, but not hard enough to pose much of a risk) and running around. Kids playing football wear helmets, even those who aren't being tackled. Head injuries from soccer are proving just as serious as those from football as per the research. Nobody is saying ban all sports. Just keep is moderately safe during recess. Keep in mind there are kids with SN related to motor issues out there too. Do we wrap kids in bubble rap? No. When I was growing up we could not bring regular (non-nerf) footballs or soccer-balls to school until 6th. Seems reasonable to me.

By the way, when the research was just surfacing about soccer injuries ands long term effects I remember so many parents poo pooing it and taking this same attitude. Then more research came out and their own kids got more concussions and they calmed down and realized there might be a reason for concern.[/quote]

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