strong warning over youth tackle football. tackle football is like smoking. the younger i start, the longer i m exposed to danger. you wouldn t let me smoke, when should i start tackle? pete: is this a fair comparison? our parenting panel joins us now to discuss parenting expert and author of coach parenting erika cats, cathy barnett and author of disconnected how to reconnect our digitally distracted kids. tom kersting. thank you all for being here. thank you. pete: erica, i m going to start with you. is tackle football equal to smoking for kids? the thing is that you can get a concussion in more than one sport, right? i know a lot of kids who play hockey who have gotten concussions. my son has gotten a concussion from playing basketball. tackle football is very dangerous and can you get concussions there is no reason you can t play flag football before age 14. if you want to go pro-it might be a different story.