Comments on: "Superkid," 3, Moves Furniture, Weights

Boy Appears To Have Rare Genetic Condition; Studying It May Lead To Help For Other Muscle Woes

[PGHGal]

barnesmoke, you are a christian and a prick. Its obvious your prickiness comes first....

[misskitty27]

OMG! My kid, 2.5 yr must have that! (lol) He can push his 70 lbs sister in a laundry basket, carry two gallons of milk (each 8lbs a piece)...I better get him help. Gimmie a break!

[rugbyslick]

My son too was born 4 months premature and he is now 16 months old. He can lift a 5 lb Kettlebell with ease with one hand and walk with it. Big deal!

[BD66]

Folks - this is CBS and the Messiah is out of the country ( 5 hr difference from NYC to London). They are letting journeymen fill the bill while the get caught up on the cocktail scene in the city. Covers the human element part. Meaningless. Over produced. Lacking details. Cloudy at best. Misses the mark on stimulating an emotion.

Perhaps "senior" staff didn't actually leave the zip code ... hmmm?

[Fidlin1]

I use Kryptonite with my kid, fits nicely into his diaper. Keep him away from spinach though. Not only do they get stronger but they start smoking pipes along with a lot of mumbling.

[wolffie6913]

My just turned four year old places both feet up on each interior side of a door frame, places his hands in the same position and alternating hands and feet, climbs up about five feet off the ground...hangs there laughing with hands and feet pressing into the door frame for about 30 seconds, and then says 'watchit' and takes his feet away and lets them hang down straight under him and does this 'iron cross' thing like the Olympic male gymnasts for about 1 minute. Talk about strong. Then he calls 'momma get me down'. He still needs me. :)

[Bluemeani9]

What's the big deal? The kid didn't do anything "super"? My 3 year old can hang from a bar and climb a rope...oh, he can also do a bunch of lame sit ups. He can also climb up my counters, and lift himself up on top of the fridge to get the cookies he's not supposed to have...big deal. This looks like a bunch of hype. The only reason only "100" people have been diagnosed with this nonsense is probably because they just invented the term "mystatin" a month ago. Trust me, in a year it will be an epidemic and Pzier will have a pill for it for $200 a pop.

Really: anyone have kids who can't do what that kid was doing? Give me a break.

[cattleya721]

If this child is strong, then my 2 year old is the Hulk. He picks up 5lbs weight and moves furniture like nothing.

[jsquizzer]

I find this story very ironic. Not the subject matter (super strong kid) but how the journalists are reporting it. The medical correspondent and the reporter both said, "a child needs to learn his/her limits within the scope of their body" (paraphrase). And yet, more and more playgrounds and childs play areas are being softened up so kids actually DON'T learn their limits... because these play areas are 'hurt-proof'. This kid is no worse off than any other kid at the local neighborhood playground.

[jpmba]

I have four daughters. six months, two, four and nine. Reading this story makes me think about my four year old. She does not look like she will be as tall as her other sisters and she is strong. I mean she picks up fifteen pound weights and does push ups like a marine. My oldest at this time looks like she will be pushing five foot ten inches. The four year old looks to be on the road to five foot four inches. With my youngest two time will tell me more.