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ranseaside t1_iyo4lnx wrote

Reply to comment by FITnLIT7 in [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit

My friends planned this, they planned to have a baby in January for the same reason. They ended up with a premature baby’s who was born in December.

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FITnLIT7 t1_iyo511b wrote

I mean it can happen. I wouldn’t necessarily aim for a child to be born in January for this reason. My son now was born in April. And If I could “aim” for a date it would be Feb/March. People can deny it all they want but I’ve seen too many late year baby boys get bullied for being smaller - even if it’s just In the early years of school that shit leaves a lasting negative affect.

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ranseaside t1_iyo5l0u wrote

No shade from me. I won’t fault any parents for wanting the best for their child. I had fertility issues so I am just happy I had a kid whenever it happened, I couldn’t plan it like that. Tho I have also seen many kids born later on the h the year who were big and strong (I am a teacher), so many factors go into how a child becomes (genetics, diet)

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FITnLIT7 t1_iyo7lm3 wrote

Glad that worked out for you, being a parent is a wonderful thing. (My first is 7 months old). Genetics will always play a major part but that I can’t control (not some gene editing nut job) but if you have genetics as a December baby to outgrow and outperform everyone else your age, just imagine that same kid as a January baby. It’s really just a preference thing and it’s a small thing I can control to help tip the odds in my child’s favour in this difficult world.

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Easter_1916 t1_iyow7x6 wrote

Or you could do what they do in the southern USA and have them early in year AND hold them back a year. I started college at 17 and my roommate turned 20 freshman year.

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