Why are kids so big now?

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

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Anonymous wrote:Because baseball kids are generally fat and out of shape?

what?! since when?

Baseball is the only rec sport the chubby boys can participate in since there is basically zero cardio.

. Wrong.

There’s a lot of sprinting which is a specific skill. Eye hand coordination, strength in arms and legs are all necessary.

Fast sprinters are born not made. The "Speed Gene" One of the most studied sprint-related genes is ACTN3. It codes for a protein that allows fast-twitch muscles to fire forcefully. Elite sprinters overwhelmingly possess the R577R variant of this gene.

No you wrong boo

Oh. Didn’t realize you were a child. Go do your homework.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Guys, it’s almost halfway through 2026. Your COVID card is expired. Time to rip it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s odd that a kid’s baseball team sends out everyone’s height and weight to all the parents. I could understand a wrestling team or some other sport where those stats are important but not baseball and not a team of 10 yr olds.

Another easy explanation is the "listed" height/weight are wrong too! Again, why would this be included though?

It’s so weird. Until a few years ago, even the Little League World Series listed height and weight of every player at every at bat (at the time, they were 11-13 years old). For the few really visibly overweight kids, you could immediately tell that they’d shaved 30-40+ pounds off the number they posted. It was on ESPN, with the finals on national TV. Really bizarre that anyone ever thought that was a good idea.

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Stop comparing kids.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

You're blind. Rising 5th grade is much larger than the other nearby grades, both at my kid's school and district wide in FCPS. I personally know a ton of summer 2015 birthday kids who redshirted.

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Anonymous wrote:Because you are comparing him to kids whose parents self selected them to play sports in a club. Most will be much larger than average.

Yup. This was my initial thought too. I have 11 and 13 year old girls and they and their friends look no different than my nieces did 10-15 years ago or than my sister and I did 45+ years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

DP but I agree that there are more redshirted kids in my rising 5th grader's class than there were in my rising 7th grader's class. A lot of people didn't want their kids to do virtual Kindergarten in the 21-22 school year, so they held them back a year. My summer b-day daughter has a lot of friends that are over a year older than her.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

DP but I agree that there are more redshirted kids in my rising 5th grader's class than there were in my rising 7th grader's class. A lot of people didn't want their kids to do virtual Kindergarten in the 21-22 school year, so they held them back a year. My summer b-day daughter has a lot of friends that are over a year older than her.

That’s just gross

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

You're blind. Rising 5th grade is much larger than the other nearby grades, both at my kid's school and district wide in FCPS. I personally know a ton of summer 2015 birthday kids who redshirted.

Weird that people claim redshirting never happens or isn't allowed suddenly know tons of redshirters. My rising 5th graders class isn't larger than his siblings classes. And what does it matter because the cliff already happened and the cohorts are getting smaller each year anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid plays travel baseball and hangs out with these boys and OP is surprised that they are large? What about at school pick up or coming off the bus or school events or anywhere else you see a larger variety of kids? Are all of those boys huge too, or just the boys in your particular club baseball group?

In his elementary school he’s smaller but he’s one of the only kids with a summer birthday on time. This was that school year greatly impacted by covid and we are in a private school that almost everyone but us held back from February and March that year so he’s up to 15 months younger than many of the boys. Baseball is by age so we thought it might be better.

Almost 10 yr olds weren’t greatly impacted by covid.

Do you have a 10 year old? This is the year that many incoming 5th grade classes have a massive increase in red shirts because no one wanted to fawns their kids to kinder that year. (2020)

Yes i have a 10yr old. He was in preschool in 2020. There are no more redshirts in his class than his siblings.

DP but I agree that there are more redshirted kids in my rising 5th grader's class than there were in my rising 7th grader's class. A lot of people didn't want their kids to do virtual Kindergarten in the 21-22 school year, so they held them back a year. My summer b-day daughter has a lot of friends that are over a year older than her.

That’s just gross

This is only prevalent in places where the schools were closed for years. Many schools went back on time.