How tall are your kids?

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Registered: 08-11-2008
How tall are your kids?
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Mon, 08-11-2008 - 2:32pm

Hi to you all,


I'm wondering how tall your kids are. My son is 13 years old and very short 4'2" . It is starting to really annoy him that he's so much shorter than his friends (nevemind his younger sister). Also are there short kids in your kids classes?


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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 2:55pm
Really? Isn't that hard sometimes being a 10 yo but with the body of a 14 yo? Exactly opposit to my son being 13 but the size of a 7yo.
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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 3:00pm

Hugs to your son!


I imagine it would be tough on either end of the spectrum!

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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 3:12pm
I can imagine that. What grade is your dd in now? My ds is going to 8th grade now!
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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 4:12pm

She started 5th grade on 8/6.

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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 4:31pm
That's nice. I have a dd too who's going to 3rd grade now (she's not short but tall!)
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Thu, 08-14-2008 - 6:57pm

"This is much different from me who was TALL in elementary school but then fully grown and developed by 13. I ended up an average 5'4"!"


I think this is what is happening with Abigail. She was usually the tallest girl in her class until the end of 5th grade. Now, at 13, she's 5'5" and I don't expect her to grow more than an inch or two at the most. Girls usually stop growing two years after the onset of their periods and she's been there for a while.

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Fri, 08-15-2008 - 4:38am
Girls tend to start their growth spurt before the boys, that's why in 6th-7th grade girls are often taller than boys
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Fri, 08-15-2008 - 3:31pm

Yes, she started very early (grew

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Mon, 08-18-2008 - 12:40pm
Yes,
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Sun, 08-24-2008 - 8:14am

Hi,


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