In fifth grade, at only ten years old, my friend got a concussion during a volleyball practice. Sadly, she was constrained to her dark bedroom, unable to go to school or volleyball for a week. The next year, another friend saw the same fate as her, except this time during a basketball game. Situations like these are happening to kids in all sports; because it is easier for kids to get concussions than adults, there need to be guidelines to help protect children. As parents start to notice the seriousness of the issue, there is beginning to be some hesitation when signing their kids up for sports. Studies are being done that suggest that these head injuries obtained as a kid can have long-lasting effects when the kids grow up. With concerns growing about the issue, state legislatures are starting to take action to try and prevent kids from …show more content…
Although it is important for kids to be active and learn lessons in sports at a young age, when high contact sports injuries are negatively affecting their brains, it is essential to have an age limit for participating in contact sports. With the recent concern about concussions having an impact on kids’ brains in the future, a significant amount of research and studies are being performed to investigate the truth behind this. The most influential brain injury seen in sports is a concussion. Explained by the article “What is a Concussion,” “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth.” Concussions can have immediate symptoms such as nausea, irritability, or vertigo; children can also have post-concussion symptoms which can affect higher-level cognitive processes children are not yet using (“Children and Concussions”). Due to the large amount of impact the head experiences during sports, concussions are most common among kids who are