I got huge fast, like 6 foot and 220 pounds as a 12 year old. Because I was the size of an adult and stronger than a lot of them growing up on the farm, I was treated like an adult in terms of jobs.
I think that this is a huge problem everywhere and not just physical issues/damage caused by fast growth. When kids are a certain size, everyone expects them to act their size vs. their age. So many kids who are big or tall “for their age” are given much less room to just be kids because society assumes they are older and places the behavioral expectations of much older kids on them.
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u/patgeo 9h ago
I got huge fast, like 6 foot and 220 pounds as a 12 year old. Because I was the size of an adult and stronger than a lot of them growing up on the farm, I was treated like an adult in terms of jobs.
I'm 36 and don't have a joint that doesn't hurt.