Pissed and need some advice from fellow parents!

I'm in CA. Both my kids were born in the 98% percentile! Son is now 10 years old, wears a mens M, mens size 10 shoe and is 5'1, weighs 140 lbs. The kid is SOLID as a rock and growing taller by the second. His pediatrician isn't worried about his weight or size because he is getting taller.

I've never received a letter like that and if I did I wouldn't respond to it. LOL, i'm one of "those" parents who doesn't vaccinate or provide information like that. The department of health has NO right to information like that. They probably are doing a survey to see what body weight is now for school aged children. I would say IMHO you are not required to provide any information to them. Sometimes the county will do random population sampling for studies but it is voluntary and a lot of people don't know they do NOT have to participate. Your daughters weight is personal information. I would NOT share it if it were me but then again I almost always go against the grain.

Now speaking as a mom and RN, your daughters height and weight shouldn't be a concern if she is healthy. She is a growing girl and her weight will fluctuate. 105lbs at 4'7 is not too bad. She is still growing and she will lose it. Last year my son's pedi worried about Diabetes as he hadn't grown more than an inch that year and his weight was 136. This year at his annual physical they weighed him and measured him 4 times using 2 different measuring devices and measured me and the doctor to ensure they were right because he grew 4.5" in one year. The doctor was blown away and said given his growth this year, his shoe size and his weight gain of only 6 pounds that he is just going to be tall and built solid. Personally I wouldn't sweat it and don't make it a big deal in front of your daughter. The age your daughter and my son are fragile for self esteem. If your daughter feels there is a problem with her weight it could potentiate an eating disorder. My son every once in awhile gets upset about his weight because his doctor put emphasis on it last year and I have to remind him, my dad and all my aunts/uncles on his side are over 6'4 and my son's father was 6'1. He's gonna be a tall man and we still have 8 more years of growing ahead of us.

Personally i'd trash the note and forget about it.

Good luck OP

Thank you very much! We are in Florida. Never in my wife's 17years of teaching has she seen them do this. I'm sure it comes down from Manchelle.
We unfortunately didn't wake up to the dangers of vaccines until 6years ago. She won't be getting anymore. On her birthday her Pedatrician's Nurse offered us the chance to give her the HPV vaccine at 9. When I said No Way the nurse acted dumbfounded. Said she just got it for both of her young daughters. I referred her to a couple websites and of course she looked at me like I had 3 heads. Ubfortunately her ignorance may effect her daughter's health.

Thank you very much! We are in Florida. Never in my wife's 17years of teaching has she seen them do this. I'm sure it comes down from Manchelle.
We unfortunately didn't wake up to the dangers of vaccines until 6years ago. She won't be getting anymore. On her birthday her Pedatrician's Nurse offered us the chance to give her the HPV vaccine at 9. When I said No Way the nurse acted dumbfounded. Said she just got it for both of her young daughters. I referred her to a couple websites and of course she looked at me like I had 3 heads. Ubfortunately her ignorance may effect her daughter's health.