I highly recommend Head Games for anyone who plays or has a child who plays football, hockey, soccer or lacrosse. Don’t let my sports atheism dissuade you. I first read about the dangers and high prevalence of concussions in the New Yorker. When I think about the possibility that such injuries could cause mental disorders, and in the worst-case scenario, lead to depression and suicide, I was devastated. So many could be at risk. I could not stop thinking of the families affected by that loss without the consolation of knowing why it happened or how it could have been prevented since we are only learning about the problem now. Even the people who knew about the dangers were torn by the idea of forbidding his or her own child from playing– such is their love for sports. Head Games may feel repetitive, but considering that it was made by those who played, loved and harmed by sports, I think that it is forgivable and even required to emphasize the importance of human lives and what they love.