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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a swimmer and has an early February birthday. I am thoroughly aware of how awful that is for short course champs, NCSA, but…. there is nothing anyone can do about it. He can’t change when he was born. Coaches, other swimmers, other parents have been all over him recently (I guess because his birthday is coming up?) about how much it stinks that he has a birthday right before champs and what a disadvantage it is. He is starting to dread his birthday and not even be excited about it, which I find sad. He is very talented and if born a few weeks later would place top in the state. I think our specific team values short course state championship above all else for age groupers, so even though he does really well in December champs, it doesn’t seem to matter. No question really, just feeling irritated. This is not the Olympics, why make a kid feel bad about when he was born?! [/quote]

Eh - mine has a worse one (very early March). No one really talks about it on and on. It is hardly mentioned. Who are all these people who are going on and on about it?  I know you said parents and coaches and swimmers - but it wouldn’t be like the same people talk about it every practice. Maybe a few people talk about it some of the time. Nbd. [/quote]

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