Did any of you often sit W-style as a toddler?

This is the latest in "bad things" your kid should not do. Mainly because kids have reasons to sit in this position for hours on end now.

If you park a kid in front of a TV or video game no good can come of it.

Hmm, my 9 month old sits w style all the time. I didn't think there was anything wrong with it until I saw this thread. Should I discourage him from doing it? It is such a natural position for him at this point.

A few of my nieces do, my daughter does it occasionally but not often. I don't see many boys who can do it comfortably.

Kids are a lot more flexible than adults. I wouldn't stress about it.

But they say we're supposed to stress about it.

Wouldn't it be "V" style? (except for well endowed men)

genuine random a hole wrote:

Wouldn't it be "V" style? (except for well endowed men)

You re obviously not allowed to be around children.

Its normal to sit in the W style as a young child. All your joints, especially the hip, progress as you grow up to make everything straight.

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I'm not saying it's good or bad, right or wrong. I never could sit that way as a kid even though my brother did all the time. Thought I would pose the question here among people who focus on the fitness of their legs. Just curious if any of you runners sat that way as a kid and if you thought it affected your legs long range in any kind of way.

My brother and I sat that way all the time. My mom used to tell us not to, that it'd be "bad for our knees." We're both fine. Both have strong legs, and neither has ever had a knee problem.

My son sits that way any time he isn't in a chair. He can even scoot around that way while playing with his toys, like his feet are little turtle flippers. Of course, my wife worries, and I tell her it's not a problem and let him go on doing it. He's the 2nd fastest kid on his soccer team, he's a defensive nightmare on his basketball team because his lateral movement is so good, and he's very strong.

The Stache wrote:

he's a defensive nightmare on his basketball team because his lateral movement is so good, and he's very strong.

Too bad he'll only be 5'8" as a full grown adult.

No Joker wrote:

Too bad he'll only be 5'8" as a full grown adult.

Hahaha. Eh, he'll probably be 5'10" or so. That's my height and my wife's family is pretty tall overall, and she's 5'8" herself.

He may not be a great athlete as he grows up, and I'm perfectly fine with that.

This must be the latest new thing for parents to worry about - I've never heard of it. But then again, we never sat when we were kids because there was no computer and only 3 crappy network channels and 1 PBS channel on the tube.

I did all the time...either because I have femoral anteversion on the left hip or gave me something that looks like that. I ran knock-kneed and after almost 40 years of running, I had to have surgery on that hip for a torn labrum and I can't get my running stride back. I don't know if it was due to sitting that way or if that way was the most comfortable way to sit fpr my body. I could never sit cross-legged comfortably.

War Mongo wrote:

genuine random a hole wrote:

Wouldn't it be "V" style? (except for well endowed men)

You re obviously not allowed to be around children.

I'm also not understanding the term "W-style." One leg pointed out in each direction makes a V. What does the middle spike of the W represent?

I'm also not understanding the term "W-style." One leg pointed out in each direction makes a V. What does the middle spike of the W represent?

You haven't understood what sitting W-style is. Here are some pictures to help you:

So, they will grow up to be Japanese.

There's Google for that wrote:

I'm also not understanding the term "W-style." One leg pointed out in each direction makes a V. What does the middle spike of the W represent?

You haven't understood what sitting W-style is. Here are some pictures to help you:

https://www.google.com/search?q=sitting+W+style&client=firefox-a&hs=A4x&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=nts&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sZ1SVK_xL4uzyATR0oKgCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ

OK. That makes sense. OP describes it as "both legs out". I thought it was straight out.

I had to look up what W-style was. Growing up that was called indian style.