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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious, if your son is <50th percentile still by age 7-8, why wouldn’t you pick sports (or at least one) that don’t rely so heavily on size? Seems like parents could have been a lot more proactive rather than to enroll your small for age kid in sports like football, baseball, and such with no alternative if they do end up staying small or grow very late. Seems like setting them up for failure and frustration.  I’m a big advocate for all kids, regardless of size, doing at least individual no cut sport starting young.  These tend to be the sports people participate in all their life (swimming, tennis, etc)[/quote]

Chiming in as the parent of small kids (consistently 5th percentile at 9 and 11) and they have been introduced to a ton of things (soccer, swim, tennis, golf, field hockey, track, rock climbing, gymnastics). Some things are a hit, and some just aren't. They love what they love.[/quote]

Well, but they end up loving what they are good at.  And they aren’t going to get good if they don’t stick with it.  If I knew
I had a small kid, football, baseball, basketball wouldn’t be options.  [/quote]

What if your small kid has a dying passion for one of those sports in elements school and hates all the ones you try to push on him?

I’d go with letting him do what he loves for as long as he can.  [/quote]

If they aren’t enrolled in the first place, then they are unlikely to have a “dying passion” for that sport, other than wanting to do it because their best buddies do it [/quote]

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