S2 Ep 75: Your Child's Brain on Sports

Raising Good Humans

Dear Media, Aliza Pressman

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Are some sports better than others for your child's brain? What do you need to know about concussions? Join me in conversation with Dr. Julie Stamm, neuroscientist and author of The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, The Myths, and the Future as we discuss the joyful benefits of sports as well as some considerations. She even shares the sports she would most and least want her kids playing!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:07.3	Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Aliza Pressman and today's episode we're talking about
0:14.0	your kids' brains in sports. So I have Dr. Julie Stam who's research explores the consequences
0:22.0	of things like repetitive brain trauma and concussions in youth sports and potential consequences
0:29.9	for brain development. She's also the author of an awesome book called The Brain on Youth Sports,
0:35.6	The Science, The Myths, and the Future. So today we're talking about the science so that parents can
0:41.2	make an informed decision about the sports or the versions of sports that their kids participate in.
0:47.0	And we're talking about some of the myths that surround these sports and we're also talking about
0:53.0	things like what sports are more beneficial, what sports are higher risk, how to mitigate that risk,
0:59.9	and what sports are good for because this is definitely not an anti sports episode because
1:05.1	we start off talking about all the benefits of sports, particularly team sports,
1:09.9	then we are going to talk more about the sports that are higher risk, how to get the most out of it,
1:17.5	how to protect without anxiety, and definitely not too specialized. If you enjoy this episode,
1:25.3	don't hesitate to subscribe, rate, and write a little review. I cannot tell you how much it
1:31.7	helps me to get those five star ratings and reviews, especially on Apple podcasts, but wherever
1:37.7	you get your podcasts. And don't forget to subscribe to my bulletin, Dr. Aliza. Bulletin.com.
1:45.6	I want to start out by hearing a little bit from you on how we can think about
1:56.5	getting our kids started in playing and engaging in sports in a time when we have a lot of
2:03.4	information about what's happening with their brains, without being completely paralyzed with
2:12.2	concerns, and without being completely ignorant about the realities, because it's just a different
2:20.7	time than it was when I was growing up, and we just have information right now. So what's the
2:26.4	information that helps us make good decisions and what's information that's maybe the myths that
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