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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS just joined a year round swim team and was really excited for it. I was chatting with a relative about it and her response was that I was putting him at a disadvantage because swimming is for tall kids and he wouldn't be able to ever win races if he was a head shorter than everyone else. DS just turned 6 and he's only 44 inches, which is okay, DH is 5'7 and I'm 5'8, we're not expecting our kid to be tall since we aren't tall. He's usually the smallest boy in the room but we picked swimming for him because he likes it and if he wants to do basketball next year I wouldn't hesitate to sign him up for that. I don't particularly care if he ever loses at sports as long as he does his best, but now I'm second guessing myself a bit. Did you ever put a short child into a "tall people sport"? Or a tall child into a sport like gymnastics? How did it go? Does it ever make much of a difference unless you're gunning to be a professional athlete?[/quote]

You are tall, your husband isn’t. [/quote]

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