Kids under 14 are too young to play tackle （擒抱摔倒） football. They will get hurt （容易地） when playing. But flag football is a safer（安全） sport. Here's how kids play it. Every player wears a special thing. There are flags on it. The opponents （对手） try to stop the player who gets the football and take away one of his or her flags.

Danny Lee is going into the fifth grade. He wants to（参加） the school football club. But his dad has a different（想法）. "I have friends who（从不） want their kids to play tackle football, " Peter Lee says. He wants Danny to play flag football.

Sophie Smith is 14. Now she is （战斗） for a club in Nevada. She likes flag football. She says it is more （令人兴奋的） than tackle football. Sophie's mom （担心） about her daughter's safety. "In tackle football, you have to be big, you have to be bad, and you have to win. That's （可怕的）"she says, "I want my daughter to play in a safer sport. "