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Should You Let Your Child Play Contact Sports?

Michael McCrea, PhD
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A doctor/parent talks about trying to find a balance between the benefits and dangers of letting his children play contact sports.

Posted on BrainLine October 20, 2010.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine.

About the author: Michael McCrea, PhD

Michael McCrea, PhD is the executive director of the ProHealth Care Research Institute and Neuroscience Center near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and has headed up the Neuropsychology Service at Waukesha Memorial Hospital since 1996.

Michael McCrea