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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back. Yes I'm the field trip/$18 lunch mom. Maybe I so have control issues but I do love him very much and want the best for him. He's ten weighs 116 lbs about two weeks ago, today he's well over 122.

The 'unlimited ice cream' camp is a great camp and I'm not gonna ban it just because the ice cream. [/quote]

He is 10 and weighs 122 lbs!  My 11 year old weighs half that. Where is he on the growth chart?[/quote]

Your 11 yo is teeny tiny.

My 10 yo son is 5'4 and about 125 pounds, and healthy. There is a huge range of normal at this age.[/quote]

That is HUGE. Surely you realize that, right? The fact that your DS is massive has absolutely nothing to do with "normal" size and weight.

Seriously, he's the size of an adult.....[/quote]

Not PP, but there is a large range of normal. The 5'4" kid is not his adult size even though there are adults that size. The 61 pound 11 year old is small. There are 6 year olds that weigh 60 pounds and they are not ovetweight. Is that 11 year old on the growth chart? [/quote]

I think you are confusing "normal" with "healthy." Normal means, the norm. It is not the norm to be the size of a small adult at the age of 10, even though it may be healthy for that particular ten year old. See? That makes it sort of irrelevant to say, "Hey, my 10 year old is even bigger, so that must mean OP is overreacting." Seriously, I have not seen a 10 year old that size yet.[/quote]

You must not be around many 4th-5th grade boys then.

My ten year old is under/around sixty lbs and he is TINY compared to his classmates.

Most of the other boys his age are around eight to twelve inches taller than him and weigh aroun 100 lbs +/-.

Quite frankly, the only boys his age close in height and weight to him are a few of the asian kids, some of the hispanic kids (height only, weight is heavier) and white kids on adhd medication that suppresses appetite. All the other (healthy active) boys are around 100 lbs at ten/eleven.[/quote]

I have boys and i"m around boys on a regular basis. A ten year old who weighs 125 pounds is LARGE. Admit it.[/quote]

I googled average weight of a 10 year old boy: Boys tend to weigh about 68 pounds (31kg) on average; normal range is anything from 57 to 100 pounds.[/quote]

11-year old boys who weigh 100 lbs are in the 80% -- that is not average, by definition: https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set1clinical/cj41l021.pdf.  As others have said, however, it's all about how tall your kid is.  My son is 11 and weighs 78 lbs, which is average.  However, he's almost 5 feet tall, so that means he's thin.  He's not on ADHD meds, as the previous poster suggested.  He has a fast metabolism and is a competitive swimmer who burns tons of calories.  But his weight is "healthy" according to the BMI calculator (and according to his doctor).

As for OP's kid, we don't know his height.  However, since he's 122 lbs, he would have to be at least 5'6" to not be overweight according to BMI calculators.  While there are some 10 year old boys who are that tall, it's rare.  So my guess is that OP's kid is overweight.  I agree with the posters who suggest that OP approach this problem differently, but I don't agree w/ those who deny there is a problem.

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