A recent survey revealed parents' perception of dangerous sports may differ from physicians' findings, according to CBS.
Here's what you need to know:
1. The poll found 16 percent of parents won't let their kids play any sports.
2. Over a third of parents said they'd let their kids play sports depending on the game:
- 6 percent would allow their kids to play rugby
- 12 percent would allow their kids to play hockey
- 16 percent would allow their kids to play field hockey
- 17 percent would allow their kids to play lacross
- 18 percent would allow their kids to play football
- 18 percent would allow their kids to play wrestling
3. Parents consider sports involving protective equipment (football, lacrosse, etc.) riskier.
4. Sports medicine physician Joelle Rehberg, DO, of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists believes parents may be off the mark about which sports to avoid, citing cheerleading as especially dangerous.
5. The media significantly impacts parents' perceptions of safe and unsafe sports.
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