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.Our Mission: Educate

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: what do parents of youth athletes know about it? https://t.co/qio1hHSXzw

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 9, 2018
Of 337 parents
with children 
​
 in contact sports,

o
nly 33%
say ​they are
"somewhat or very familiar
with CTE."
 
81.7%

have not received
educational materials 

on CTE.

54% 
believe coaches

are "preferred providers" 
for info. ​about CTE.
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.Our Mission: Outreach


​If we want to protect students
from the debilitating consequences
​of recurrent brain trauma,
on-campus outreach
​
is needed.
Teachers, ​parents & students
deserve to know
the facts

about 
collision sports 
and brain health.


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.Our Mission: Prevention

Prevention of TBI is essential in reducing the risk of developing dementia later on in life. https://t.co/iALyDJXiNs

— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) October 22, 2018

The only way to protect young minds
from invisible, irreparable harm
is to promote prevention.


On-campus outreach
is the most effective way
to provide information
to the people who need it most. 
 

​Offering safer sporting options
​in our schools

will increase 

the number of students
who can participate
.
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This is what
our public schools 
should provide --

opportunities
for ALL kids
where the focus is
​on academics
and injury prevention.
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.The Challenge:

Here, here AAP pediatricians should "first do no harm", and call for reversal of kiddie tackle football policy.
In AAP 1957 rejected kiddie tackle, they got it right.

— Jo Cornell (@JoCornell4) January 30, 2019


The very existence of collision sports
in schools exerts enormous pressure
on students & explicitly endorses
​physical violence as entertainment. 



Schools should say NO to the:
BLOCK, BODYCHECK, HEADER, TACKLE
& YES to Age-Appropriate Sport!

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​"Waiting for the powers that be
to protect our children
from powerful industry
hasn't worked out so well
​ in the past."
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​Your tax-deductible donations 
will help fund
​​on-campus outreach 
​all across the country.


"Not my child, not my problem" 
means millions of young people  
will continue to suffer
INVISIBLE DAMAGE
.
Equating the value of any sport
with the well-being of students
is indefensible. Safer options exist.
​Our schools owe a duty of care.

Contact your alma mater(s) today.
Ask your teachers/professors

why they are complicit in this abuse.

It's also possible that high schools - and maybe schools in general! - will start to question whether a sport like football, which carries a significant brain damage risk, actually aligns with their institutional mission to nurture and protect young brains.

— Patrick Hruby (@patrick_hruby) January 30, 2019
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“Amidst the loud, ​revving engines of medicalization, ​we need to remain ​steadfastly focused
on interventions and reforms that will influence and impact ​the key institutions, social systems
and public policies that are the fundamental drivers ​of health inequities.”

Paula Lantz, PhD, MS, MA
IF YOU BELIEVE ​SCHOOL SPORTS
​SHOULD BE ​AGE-APPROPRIATE

​​Please Donate Today.
!Encourage Safer Options!
Cross country, disc golf,
  flag football,   
  swimming, tennis,
  track and field. 
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