RememberSchiff 3663 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Looking ahead when mud season is over, I asked scouts to wear their sneaks (they usually do but I like to think that are doing as I ask ) and bring their boots to meeting. Every scout was currently wearing sneaks at least a size and half larger than his not-so-old boots. In 6 months, three scouts went from a size 9.5 to 11.5. In same period, another scout went from a size 10 to 13, another 9 to 12. I mean old Schiff needed his arches to fall to reach size 12, these scouts haven't reach age 14 yet! Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I was 4' 11", 98# when I started high school. I was 6' 0", 135# when I finished my sophomore year. My mother used to go back to the stores and complain about the poor quality of jeans they were selling because they shrunk so much in just one or two washes. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle94-A1 2687 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I hemmed my oldest son's pants high when he became a Webelos I and sold his old uniform to his brother. I've had to hem them thrice in the past 3 years. And they need hemming again! Kid isn't even 12 yet. Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Not sure that it's kids growing faster than ever - it might be that we're growing older faster than ever and have forgotten our own growth spurts. Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3663 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Not sure that it's kids growing faster than ever - it might be that we're growing older faster than ever and have forgotten our own growth spurts. Well that's looking on the bright side of life. I forget what else I was going to say. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 As a kid one get's their growth spurts on both ends. Once you turn 40, the spurt is in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's backpacks. See, the kids have more and heavier backpacks at younger ages. This causes them to lean forward more and more. In order to keep their balance evolution kicked in and produced bigger feet. My 17yo is my height but his feet are two sizes bigger. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's backpacks. See, the kids have more and heavier backpacks at younger ages. This causes them to lean forward more and more. In order to keep their balance evolution kicked in and produced bigger feet. My 17yo is my height but his feet are two sizes bigger. Must be either his Neaderthal or Hobbit evolutionary heritage. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
PA Scoutmaster 38 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I was 4' 11", 98# when I started high school. I was 6' 0", 135# when I finished my sophomore year. My mother used to go back to the stores and complain about the poor quality of jeans they were selling because they shrunk so much in just one or two washes. Sounds familiar! I never wore 32" inseams; went straight from 30" to 34" in sophomore year. I remember making milkshakes with a bunch of raw eggs in them to try to maximize caloric intake. Didn't work though. Still only weighed about 135lb. Thirty five years later, at least I'm up to 160! Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sounds familiar! I never wore 32" inseams; went straight from 30" to 34" in sophomore year. I remember making milkshakes with a bunch of raw eggs in them to try to maximize caloric intake. Didn't work though. Still only weighed about 135lb. Thirty five years later, at least I'm up to 160! Fifty years later I've pushed that up to 170#'s Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBob 606 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 61 years old, 6'2", 225 pounds, and knees that remind me not to eat. My 13 year old boy has hit 5'10" and I'm putting more weight in his pack to slow his vertical climb. It's not working... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 <<My mother used to go back to the stores and complain about the poor quality of jeans they were selling because they shrunk so much in just one or two washes. >> Heh, heh! Did she get her money back? Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The first couple of times yes, but then it became more and more obvious I wasn't her little boy anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
StillLoomans 7 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hah! My newly 11 year old is wearing size 12 men's shoes. His last pair were 11s. He can look his mom in the eye with a satisfied smile and is likely to lap his older brother in height, at three years younger he is is only 1/2 inch shorter. And those feet! Did I mention the feet? If he were a puppy, I'd be thinking he was a Great Dane... Link to post Share on other sites
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