Bragging about tall kids

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Height
Beauty
Intelligence
Athletic ability

Most of us cannot control these about ourselves but they are still aspirational qualities.

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Isn't "look how big you're getting!" like a pretty common thing to say to babies/children? Chill tf out, you have a lot of years left and they're going to be rough if you get heated over stupid stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't "look how big you're getting!" like a pretty common thing to say to babies/children? Chill tf out, you have a lot of years left and they're going to be rough if you get heated over stupid stuff.

OP here. What makes you think I’m heated?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a fully grown son who is 5'5" and I'll be the first to tell you that you're overreacting, OP.

Parents are awed by the growth spurts on some kids! That's all. Some people grow in little bits and dribbles, and others just have one huge growth spurt (that can come with scoliosis and other issues). Those take you by surprise and it's understandable that parents would post about it, since they Insta their entire lives

My 14yo son grew 8+ inches in the spring around his birthday and is now 5'11. At his physical, he was found to have to have a heart murmur and pectus excavatum. I don't say anything about how much he's grown...it's obvious he's tall. I just want reassurance from the cardiologist and parents of similar boys that he will be okay.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

Well he may well be stopping growing now or soon. A kid with a growth delay May continue to grow until 20. Kids who start puberty later tend to be taller on average than kids who have early puberty.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

I didn’t take it as competitive - it was pointing out that even if you put value on height as being a sign of superiority then denigrating short teens is short sighted as it often evens out. Many kids who are tall at 12 and 13 (even 14 or 15) end up being surpassed by other kids. (Obviously not PPs 6 4 kid)

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

Well he may well be stopping growing now or soon. A kid with a growth delay May continue to grow until 20. Kids who start puberty later tend to be taller on average than kids who have early puberty.

Okay? I thought the point was 'stop making a big deal about height,' not 'don't count my kid out of the tall person contest!!'

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Who cares. People share photos and their kids do grow. It would never occur to me to be annoyed enough by it to post here.

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If it helps, people comment on how tall my very tall three year old is ALL THE TIME and she’s developing a sensitivity about it already.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

Well he may well be stopping growing now or soon. A kid with a growth delay May continue to grow until 20. Kids who start puberty later tend to be taller on average than kids who have early puberty.

Okay? I thought the point was 'stop making a big deal about height,' not 'don't count my kid out of the tall person contest!!'

Er, I was responding to your certainty that your kid was going to win a contest against a kid you don’t know. Like I said my brother (and several cousins too) would disprove that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

Well he may well be stopping growing now or soon. A kid with a growth delay May continue to grow until 20. Kids who start puberty later tend to be taller on average than kids who have early puberty.

Also a valid point. Keep in mind, however, that unless you’re seeing man-sized muscle mass and/or a full beard or something, you have very little information about when some random tall kid started puberty. Height itself is not indicative of early puberty. My tall kid has literally always been tall.

Some people are just tall. Just like some people are just smart, or beautiful, or artistic, etc.

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My 13yo is about 5’8”. I posted a recent summer pic and said how much he grew. He probably grew 6-7 inches in one year. This is not a brag in the slightest. He isn’t even that tall.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't "look how big you're getting!" like a pretty common thing to say to babies/children? Chill tf out, you have a lot of years left and they're going to be rough if you get heated over stupid stuff.

OP here. What makes you think I’m heated?

The fact you posted on DCUM and what you wrote.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not bragging about his feet so much as looking for sympathy. Size 14 shoes are hard to find in stores and expensive AF.

And as a PP said, he’s just really freaking tall. It’s an objective fact. And your son may be kinder or smarter than him, but he’s definitely not going to be taller than him.

You’re the one making a big deal out of it.

How old is your kid? And how tall? Kids who are 5’5” at 15 and delayed can end up tall. Especially if they have tall parents as OP indicated. My 6’4” brother is a case in point.

Just turned 14 and he’s 6’4” (and also has tall parents). I don’t dispute other kids his age can still grow and also get tall, but the vast majority of the older, shorter kids aren’t catching up and they’re almost certainly not surpassing his height.

And that’s fine, but “my kid will be taller than your kid someday” is a weirdly competitive statement by OP and probably not something she’ll want to hang her hat on.

Well he may well be stopping growing now or soon. A kid with a growth delay May continue to grow until 20. Kids who start puberty later tend to be taller on average than kids who have early puberty.

Okay? I thought the point was 'stop making a big deal about height,' not 'don't count my kid out of the tall person contest!!'

Er, I was responding to your certainty that your kid was going to win a contest against a kid you don’t know. Like I said my brother (and several cousins too) would disprove that.

The immediate PP is not the one with the tall 14 year old (that’s me) but your brother (who is the same height as a kid who hasn’t started high school yet) doesn’t remotely “disprove” my assertion that a kid a year older and a foot shorter is not going to end up taller. Sorry that bothers you, but it’s pretty obvious.