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NC Kansas | One of the tougher elements of parenting. I too have an undersized kid as a freshman and he's not going out for football. Played junior high 7th and 8th grade but kinda begrudgingly. He's just not a physical kid either so the likelihood of him getting hurt is worse in my opinion. He has one older sister so there wasn't a lot rough-house type play as a kid. I was kinda similar to him, had a younger brother by 7 yrs so there wasn't any rough house type play with that age difference, so I too was not a real physical person... just not in our nature either. The big difference I was probably 6'2" 160 as a freshman on my way to 6'4" 190 by the time I was a senior. My son is barely flirting with 5'9" and 130 soaking wet, so I was at least "physical" in stature if not by nature. If I had been his size I would have struggled going out for football so I sympathize with him. He has elected to try cross country. Now my wife and I didn't make him go out for that either, we just a had a good understanding that he doesn't come home from school at 3:45 and do nothing. We have plenty of work to do and he can run tractors and help around the shop like all farm kids. So we offered some choices. He can participate in a character building activity after school that challenges him mentally and physically, his choices were football, cross country or working for his a-hole of dad!
I guess I rambled a lot, but you know your kid more than we do and put yourself in his shoes. Going out for football is tough but the choice not go out is also tough. My son struggles with it cause he had a dad and uncle that were probably gifted enough to play football at the next level at a small-time/juco type school had we wanted too, and I work to try and make sure my son doesn't feel shame that he's not living up to the hype. He is who he is, that doesn't mean that he can't be challenged in other ways.
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