Did your 99th percentile kid stay tall?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people so obsessed with how big their kids are? I never think about this. Weird.

Height is helpful in life. I don't know what to tell you. People want their kid to have every possible advantage.

That’s like saying have blue eyes with pale skin is helpful in life. It’s not true.

Those are not analogous. Height is helpful in life for males in particular and for men and women in many sports. This is evidence based. No reason to get your knickers in a twist about it.

What type of build you have can give you an advantage in sports. . But you didn’t explain how height is helpful. And yes blues eyes and fair skin beat out dark skin and dark eyes, it’s called racism, for a very long time. Probably still does in some areas. Tall vs short is a different form of prejudice. And apparently still ok.

You need it explained why height is helpful in many sports? Don’t know what to say. Open your eyes. This is prejudice?

Lots of studies of height impacting earning potential, presidents are tall, etc.

Read the first sentence again slowly this time. It’s not a question.

If people are stupid enough to take height into account when choosing a president then they get the president they deserve. And some of us are stuck with that bad choice. And we’re missing out in a lot of good people.

People aren’t talking height into account explicitly. it’s unconscious bias against short men. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it isn’t a real effect . I’m not sure why this is turning into an argument. Being tall is an advantage like being a beautiful woman is an advantage like being thin is an advantage and on and on. You explaining away why it’s dumb isn’t going to make it go away. This is why people are “obsessed” about height and these threads pop up all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

This is the response you get PP which is why I’m telling you to just let it go and don’t expect much. Your feelings aren’t valid according to these people. These are the same people that go around touching peoples hair, asking obtusely and insistently where people are from but no really, commenting on pregnant women. All of it. You’re not going to convince them so don’t try. Just take note and avoid them.

Well I hate to tell you this, but sometimes feelings don’t match reality. I understand you were raised to believe that feelings > facts, but the fact is, sometimes you’re wrong.

Thanks for proving my point that you’re a drama queen, though.

What is reality and the facts in this scenario? I am confused.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

Please stfu signer

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

Please stfu signer

If someone saying something like “She’s only 5? Wow, she’s so tall!” makes you angry it’s an indication that you need to up your meds, get therapy, or at the very least take a nap. JFC.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

This is the response you get PP which is why I’m telling you to just let it go and don’t expect much. Your feelings aren’t valid according to these people. These are the same people that go around touching peoples hair, asking obtusely and insistently where people are from but no really, commenting on pregnant women. All of it. You’re not going to convince them so don’t try. Just take note and avoid them.

Well I hate to tell you this, but sometimes feelings don’t match reality. I understand you were raised to believe that feelings > facts, but the fact is, sometimes you’re wrong.

Thanks for proving my point that you’re a drama queen, though.

What is reality and the facts in this scenario? I am confused.

Fact is the kid is tall. Reality is a person commenting on the objective tallness is not an insult and no reason for mommy to get her panties in wad, and if she does it is a HER problem.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

Please stfu signer

If someone saying something like “She’s only 5? Wow, she’s so tall!” makes you angry it’s an indication that you need to up your meds, get therapy, or at the very least take a nap. JFC.

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DD ends up 5’8”

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OP it doesn’t work like that. It’s genetics and late growth spurts

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

This is the response you get PP which is why I’m telling you to just let it go and don’t expect much. Your feelings aren’t valid according to these people. These are the same people that go around touching peoples hair, asking obtusely and insistently where people are from but no really, commenting on pregnant women. All of it. You’re not going to convince them so don’t try. Just take note and avoid them.

Well I hate to tell you this, but sometimes feelings don’t match reality. I understand you were raised to believe that feelings > facts, but the fact is, sometimes you’re wrong.

Thanks for proving my point that you’re a drama queen, though.

What is reality and the facts in this scenario? I am confused.

Fact is the kid is tall. Reality is a person commenting on the objective tallness is not an insult and no reason for mommy to get her panties in wad, and if she does it is a HER problem.

+1. My tween has been in the 98th percentile her entire life. It’s an objective fact that she is just TALL. When she was younger I used take it as an opportunity to remind people that “yep, she looks older, but she acts just like her age!” Now it’s a non-issue, but if someone does comment it’s really not that hard to say “she sure is!”

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people so obsessed with how big their kids are? I never think about this. Weird.

Height is helpful in life. I don't know what to tell you. People want their kid to have every possible advantage.

That’s like saying have blue eyes with pale skin is helpful in life. It’s not true.

Those are not analogous. Height is helpful in life for males in particular and for men and women in many sports. This is evidence based. No reason to get your knickers in a twist about it.

What type of build you have can give you an advantage in sports. . But you didn’t explain how height is helpful. And yes blues eyes and fair skin beat out dark skin and dark eyes, it’s called racism, for a very long time. Probably still does in some areas. Tall vs short is a different form of prejudice. And apparently still ok.

You need it explained why height is helpful in many sports? Don’t know what to say. Open your eyes. This is prejudice?

Lots of studies of height impacting earning potential, presidents are tall, etc.

Read the first sentence again slowly this time. It’s not a question.

If people are stupid enough to take height into account when choosing a president then they get the president they deserve. And some of us are stuck with that bad choice. And we’re missing out in a lot of good people.

People aren’t talking height into account explicitly. it’s unconscious bias against short men. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it isn’t a real effect . I’m not sure why this is turning into an argument. Being tall is an advantage like being a beautiful woman is an advantage like being thin is an advantage and on and on. You explaining away why it’s dumb isn’t going to make it go away. This is why people are “obsessed” about height and these threads pop up all the time.

I know. There’s unconscious bias against Black people too. Not too many people like it. Look at poor Barron Trump he’s about 6’7” and apparently didn’t play basketball but that doesn’t stop people from mentioning basketball when the subject of him comes up, and constantly talk about his height. Must be annoying. My nephew is about 3” shorter, didn’t play basketball and people ask him all the time.

My daughter’s first part-time job was freshman year of college in NYC. A high end restaurant was looking for a hostess and asked for people to send in a resume and photo. She got the job without an interview. Her friends all dancers have these kind of jobs. Places where the 1% go and give large tips. They’ll hand my daughter $100 bill for seating them. But those jobs are for women in their 20s while studying or training for steady jobs.

Do you want your doctor to be beautiful or knowledgeable and friendly? Mostly employers are looking for neat, well put together people who are pleasant, can get along with their coworkers and know the job. Pleasant looking, especially over 40 is more realistic.

If we keep saying it’s dumb maybe it will go away.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

This is the response you get PP which is why I’m telling you to just let it go and don’t expect much. Your feelings aren’t valid according to these people. These are the same people that go around touching peoples hair, asking obtusely and insistently where people are from but no really, commenting on pregnant women. All of it. You’re not going to convince them so don’t try. Just take note and avoid them.

Well I hate to tell you this, but sometimes feelings don’t match reality. I understand you were raised to believe that feelings > facts, but the fact is, sometimes you’re wrong.

Thanks for proving my point that you’re a drama queen, though.

What is reality and the facts in this scenario? I am confused.

Fact is the kid is tall. Reality is a person commenting on the objective tallness is not an insult and no reason for mommy to get her panties in wad, and if she does it is a HER problem.

My son was always in the 50th percentile. He always blended in with his classmates. If it was just me and him some people would say isn’t he tall! I’d just say yeah instead of correcting them because who really cares. He ended up 6’ which I think might be around the 70th% at 19.

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Anonymous wrote:My five year old daughter is 99.75 percentile height. People comment on it CONSTANTLY. In front of her. I really don’t know what to do about it because on the one hand, I want to treat it like a compliment because I want her to see it as a positive or neutral. But on the other hand, I’m so angry at them for calling out her body.

So from a tall mom of a tall kid, please hear my plea: you don’t need to tell me she’s tall. I already know! You might be shocked to discover, I can see her. Thank you.

Tall person with tall kids. This will never end. People don’t care and are rude and will tell you you’re over sensitive. If people walked around openly discussing weight the way they discuss height it would get interesting quick.

You’re both nuts. And (deliberately) over sensitive. People comment on tall kids the way they comment on beautiful kids. If you’re offended or angered by it it’s an excellent indication that you have absolutely zero real problems in your life and are craving drama.

Signed - mom of two off the charts tall kids

This is the response you get PP which is why I’m telling you to just let it go and don’t expect much. Your feelings aren’t valid according to these people. These are the same people that go around touching peoples hair, asking obtusely and insistently where people are from but no really, commenting on pregnant women. All of it. You’re not going to convince them so don’t try. Just take note and avoid them.

Well I hate to tell you this, but sometimes feelings don’t match reality. I understand you were raised to believe that feelings > facts, but the fact is, sometimes you’re wrong.

Thanks for proving my point that you’re a drama queen, though.

What is reality and the facts in this scenario? I am confused.

Fact is the kid is tall. Reality is a person commenting on the objective tallness is not an insult and no reason for mommy to get her panties in wad, and if she does it is a HER problem.

My son was always in the 50th percentile. He always blended in with his classmates. If it was just me and him some people would say isn’t he tall! I’d just say yeah instead of correcting them because who really cares. He ended up 6’ which I think might be around the 70th% at 19.

Exactly. It would be like getting angry or getting into an argument over someone’s completely innocuous comment about the weather.

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Anonymous wrote:yes. my daughter is 6ft tall at 14.

That’s tough. Is she done growing?

How is that tough? My daughter would kill to be that tall. You must not have any basketball or volleyball players.

Really? That’s what you think of ? Being honest it’s just as tough being overly tall girl as being an overly Short boy. It’s not tragic but it’s easier not being an outlier.

As for sports my tall niece played middle school and varsity high school basketball because her mother insisted on one activity. No clubs and she didn’t like it all that much. But she was tall so she was put on the varsity team. Sports my family play are football, lacrosse, tennis and the toughest activity two of them are serious about is ballet.

The tallest nephew I have is 6’5”. He did not play basketball. Zero interest. Now he’s a college graduate and people constantly talk to him about his height. Gotta be annoying.

Most girls like being tall these days. I think you are projecting your gen x views on later generations and that’s just not a thing.

The hard part is that all the boys like her short, cute friends and none of the boys are tall enough to see eye to eye with her yet. For me, it's fine because I don't want her dating anyways but for her, it's a tragedy.

This is true. I have one petite daughter, one tall. The petite daughter had boys calling, riding over on bikes, asking her to go somewhere in 7h grade. They would bring her flowers. It has started in 5th grade. The tall one is now in 7th grade and nothing. Total opposite. It’s so much easier this way.

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My twin girls are 10 but are still in the 99th percentile for height. They're supposed to end up 5'11" so we'll see. They're over 5' now.