Thanks for sharing.

It’s something I said and I’m not proud of it, but if I back down they’ll learn they can get anything. The good side of this is that my wife was worried about the gifts from us (on a tightened budget) versus the gifts Santa would bring. No longer a problem…

And that was a great show. It’s the only television I look forward to every week.

Thanks Keith. That was a GREAT post. One every father should see…

“You can’t teach height”
“You can’t coach height”

These are two absolute truisms.

Only 0.3% (about 1-in-1000) adult male humans are 6’4.5” or taller.

Check these links: http://www.fitnessandkids.com/chp.htm & http://www.healthline.com/sw/clc-childs-estimated-adult-height-calculator

Let me tell you about my big boy. His projected adult height is 7’. I’m tall (6’5”), his mom is slightly above average 5’10”). Both his grandfathers are a little over 6’

He was 3 weeks premature, but still weighed in at 8 lbs 14 oz! At 5 he weighed 60 lbs and was 50 inches tall. At 10 he was 5’5” and weighed 120. Now he’s 11, and is 5’7” and weighs 130. I could not be happier or prouder of my son. He WILL go to college for free!

As another poster suggested, these are our (winning) lottery tickets. He’s a 2-sport all star, I wish you could see the faces of the parents and opposing players the first time they see him stroll into the gym, or onto the mound. He scares them. Just like another poser’s boy, mine is slow of speech. This, as I understand it, is VERY common for oversized kids, especially boys [be thankful your Dev has good speech!]. He’s smart though, and makes good (not great) grades. The girls already fawn over him, although thankfully he’s clueless about that!

He’ll never drive a sports car, pilot a fighter jet or win a gymnastics medal. But, he’s always led the rec-league in points, rebounds and blocked-shots. He’s won every jump-ball. When people ask me on the street if he plays hoops, and they ALWAYS do, I tell them “YES!” You will see him playing for Duke, UCLA, UNC or UCONN. Count on it. There is also ALWAYS tremendous pressure for him to play football. I hear that almost daily. The last thing in the world he needs is to start getting whacked in the head or knees. He has a big future. I couldn’t be happier. I hope the same happiness for the rest you lucky folks! Keep those young ones dribbling – both hands every day. Believe me, you’ll be well-rewarded for this small investment!