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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people posting don't have older tweens and teens. You can tell by the confident way they assume you can shape your kid's actions so simply.

If I announced to my 12 year old son that he would be riding his bike for 30 minutes after school each day, or take up cross country, he'd laugh sweetly. Then not do it.   (Or if manipulated him by imposing a compelling-enough hardship if he refused, he -might- take up cross country/tennis/fencing -- and resent the hell out of his parents while sabotaging the activity).

You're in a tough spot OP.  What are your family genetics like?  Both sets of grandparents too[/quote]

I agree.

Also consider OP that a tween boy is at the age where they pack on some chub to get their body ready for their big growth spurt.

If your food is overall healthy, let him eat as much as he wants.

He will get a gut between fourth and seventh grade. Then he will shoot up and stretch out.

An increased appetite in a boy at this age is 100% normal and not even a little bit worth worrying about. I woukd be more concerned if his appetite was not starting to kick it up at this age. Your ped will most likely back me up on this

I have several boys. When you compare their early elementary photos to their tween/early teen photos, the difference is striking. They went from skinny boys to chubby kids. But then they hit their 8th-10th grade growth spurts and really stretched out. Both are back to being skinny. One went from slim pants to husky pants and is now a 28" waist with a 30" inseam. He grew 6" in one year. He is my sedentary kid.  The activie kid is not as tall yet but had the same skinny/chubby/skinny growth spurt, just as the ped said when I worried about it when my first was an older elementary kid, eating all the time and getting chubby.

I am more worried about my sixth grader who is small and skinny for his age and has not yet gotten that appetite jump. He has no fat on him and I worry it will delay his puberty and growth more than it already has.

I woukd not be even a little bit alarmed by what OP is describing. Remember, tween/teen boys are not menopausal middle aged women and shoukd not eat like them.

Get ready tor a growth spurt OP and quit fretting over food [/quote]

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