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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, am I crazy or are the kids in high school taking growth hormones just to be taller for sports?  I am not kidding. There are two girls I know who after the age of 15 just shot up in height and they are in a sport where height is important.Not an inch or two, almost a foot!  Both looked completely done growing and one was pretty tall as it was. Parents are not tall and she is now hitting 6ft.  The other also seemed done growing but is now growing in height and in muscle, but not just regular exercising, like body building huge for a teen girl. The boy is very skinny and way taller than his parents and there are other kids here in this sport who are somehow growing past genetic potential, by a foot or more than their same gender sibling. I can see few inches, but foot taller than Dad's height and in a sport where height is needed? Am I nuts or are parents that crazy these days to give growth hormone just for sports purposes? Yes, I am a busy body and curious if we as a society are that insane.[/quote]

How do you know that they used growth hormone?

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I clearly state that I don't know 100% but that I am suspecting it. Or that I might be nuts.  Haven't been nuts about much so far. A girl with both parents under 5'5" hitting 6 feet after 15,16 years old? A Dad handing out 5 pills to his son before the game?  Could be just vitamins, I guess. Kid at 15 with a full man beard, like any grown man would envy? When most 18 year olds can barely grow fuzz? As I said, I might be nuts, but I am talking kids looking at enormous college scholarships and rich parents.[/quote]

With the crazy competitiveness of some parents these days, yeah I can see how an occasional parent might resort to getting steroids (or whatever) for their kids.  But you seem to be seeing A LOT of this sort of thing and that makes me wonder if maybe your own son is a little on the too skinny side.  That doesn't mean that you or your son are doing anything "wrong" but it could mean that some dietary changes are warranted and maybe he should be checked for diabetes just to be on the very safe side.  He is likely fine and his body type is perfectly normal for him.

As far as the beard thing goes, I remember seeing that back when I was a teenager.  Some boys, especially those with darker hair, tend to get more facial hair earlier.  [/quote]

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