height issues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Average male height: The average American male height is around 5'9" (69 inches).
90th percentile: A male at the 90th percentile would be around 6'1".
50th percentile: A male at the 50th percentile would be exactly 5'9" (average height).

Where we live in Arlington, there are so many very tall kids. My oldest is 5'11" (19) and he is so much shorter than most of his friends--who all have tall moms and dads. Though--on my kid's soccer teams they are on the taller side. A lot due to the cultural make-up of team. My 16-year old is one of the tallest on his team at only 5'8-9ish', but also the only Caucasian. Oldest college team--other than the goalkeeper --every player is right around his height give or take 1/2 inch.

What is the average height of a man in soccer?
Average Height of Premier League Players in 2025
But how tall do you need to be to reach the highest level of soccer? What is this? According to official data from ESPN, out of 702 listed athletes, the average height of a Premier League player is 5 feet 11.95 inches

Positionally:

The average height of a Premier League forward is 5 feet 10.94 inches (180.18 centimeters).
The average height of a Premier League midfielder is 5 feet 10.83 inches (179.91 centimeters).
The average height of a Premier League defender is 6 feet 0.53 inches (184.22 centimeters).

Personally, I think soccer players have the hottest bodies. They are proportional and not ungangly tall or comically huge and muscular/fat
The average height of a Premier League goalkeeper is 6 feet 3.04 inches (190.59 centimeters).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician told us to double our son’s height when he was two (39 inches). He is now 6’5” at 18 (and possibly still growing), so she was spot on.

My siblings and cousins are all over the place in terms of height. So are our kids. I don’t know which one of us is genetically correct. There’s a 9” difference between the shortest sister and tallest sister with a couple in between. My brother is about 4” taller than my father.

What is the point of trying to predict a two year old’s adult height?

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/childs-height-at-age-2-may-predict-adult-height/

With us we were all on normal growth lines and then around puberty some younger ones kept growing surpassing their older sisters by more than half a foot. Some just stopped growing around 5’2 or 5’3”, some kept growing. So when people are concerned that their child stopped growing at age 14 that seems to be in a normal range

[Anonymous]

14 seems very young for his growth plates to be closed. My son completed his growth spurt prior to 14, but has gradually grown two inches since then (he is 17 and 5'8").

[Anonymous]

Central Americans, Latinos, Mexicans—yes. Demo has brought height average down in the US

My son's high school is 50 percent Hispanic, mostly from Central America. Yet as a 5'7" kid, he appears shorter than most of the kids I see him among there. Most of them look to be 5'8" or 5'9".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14 seems very young for his growth plates to be closed. My son completed his growth spurt prior to 14, but has gradually grown two inches since then (he is 17 and 5'8").

It all depends on when they started puberty. If they started early, it's entirely possible for a boy to stop growing at 14.

My DS was a late bloomer, as was his dad who grew till 20/21 (6'+). DS was always the shortest in his group until 16, when all his friends stopped growing, but he didn't. He's now almost the tallest of his friend group at 5'11", and still growing. Funny thing - he was at home during covid learning, and that's when he grew the most. He went back to school and people didn't recognize him. Not only did he grow, but he thinned out and he lost the baby face. They said he had the most extreme "glowup" of anyone they knew.

So, it really depends on when you hit puberty.

[Anonymous]

He should lift. He should be introduced to a weight lifting routine. Monitored routine. No supplements of anything, just gaining strength and muscle. There are teen boys who swear it made a difference, my son included. Should you take a teen's word for it? May as well try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Central Americans, Latinos, Mexicans—yes. Demo has brought height average down in the US

My son's high school is 50 percent Hispanic, mostly from Central America. Yet as a 5'7" kid, he appears shorter than most of the kids I see him among there. Most of them look to be 5'8" or 5'9".

Central Americans also tend to have early puberty and stop growing sooner. Your kid will likely still grow. We saw that with my kid who was shorter than most at 13/14. He was 5’4” at start of Freshmen year and 5’11” at HS graduation (18) and 6’0” at Thanksgiving break this Fall (19). He may have another inch or so if he follows other males in our family.

My 16-year old just got to 5’8”, baby face, hadn’t filled out. He’s just starting to grow. Kids that towered over him when he was a 5’3” Freshmen no longer do. His bone growth is about 2 years behind. He will likely grow until age 20. I’m a female and grew an inch in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Average male height: The average American male height is around 5'9" (69 inches).
90th percentile: A male at the 90th percentile would be around 6'1".
50th percentile: A male at the 50th percentile would be exactly 5'9" (average height).

Where we live in Arlington, there are so many very tall kids. My oldest is 5'11" (19) and he is so much shorter than most of his friends--who all have tall moms and dads. Though--on my kid's soccer teams they are on the taller side. A lot due to the cultural make-up of team. My 16-year old is one of the tallest on his team at only 5'8-9ish', but also the only Caucasian. Oldest college team--other than the goalkeeper --every player is right around his height give or take 1/2 inch.

What is the average height of a man in soccer?
Average Height of Premier League Players in 2025
But how tall do you need to be to reach the highest level of soccer? What is this? According to official data from ESPN, out of 702 listed athletes, the average height of a Premier League player is 5 feet 11.95 inches

And Messi is only 5'7. His height didn't stop him from becoming one of the greatest. Calm down, people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Central Americans, Latinos, Mexicans—yes. Demo has brought height average down in the US

My son's high school is 50 percent Hispanic, mostly from Central America. Yet as a 5'7" kid, he appears shorter than most of the kids I see him among there. Most of them look to be 5'8" or 5'9".

Central Americans also tend to have early puberty and stop growing sooner. Your kid will likely still grow. We saw that with my kid who was shorter than most at 13/14. He was 5’4” at start of Freshmen year and 5’11” at HS graduation (18) and 6’0” at Thanksgiving break this Fall (19). He may have another inch or so if he follows other males in our family.

My 16-year old just got to 5’8”, baby face, hadn’t filled out. He’s just starting to grow. Kids that towered over him when he was a 5’3” Freshmen no longer do. His bone growth is about 2 years behind. He will likely grow until age 20. I’m a female and grew an inch in college.

^ similar we used to get outright mean or strange comments about our kid’s height in late elementary and middle school. And now at 17 and 19 they are much taller than the adults’ children that were making those comments at the time. For some reason talking down about a male’s height is allowed and yet if someone talked about a girl’s weight (or boys) or other body part in the same manner it would be cancel culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician told us to double our son’s height when he was two (39 inches). He is now 6’5” at 18 (and possibly still growing), so she was spot on.

My siblings and cousins are all over the place in terms of height. So are our kids. I don’t know which one of us is genetically correct. There’s a 9” difference between the shortest sister and tallest sister with a couple in between. My brother is about 4” taller than my father.

What is the point of trying to predict a two year old’s adult height?

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/childs-height-at-age-2-may-predict-adult-height/

I have 3 kids. DH is 6’2” and comes from a tall family where the shortest woman is 5’9”. I on the other hand am 5’3” with pretty average parents and siblings (all men are between 5’8” and 5’11” and women between 5’2” and 5’4”).

My kids were very big when young. According to this math, my eldest DD as an adult should be 6’ (93%), my middle DD 5’10” (I think 85%) and my son more average at 6’1”.
They are still growing, but my eldest DD has been co Stanton in the 65-70% range since she was 4. My middle DD has been in the 40-55% range since she also was 4. My son on the other hand has been in the 80-85% range. I am very confident, that my son will be more like his dad and my middle daughter more like me while eldest daughter somewhere in between.
We have several nieces on my husband’s side that are over 6’ and they were always huge… not just at 2.

[Anonymous]

Central Americans also tend to have early puberty and stop growing sooner. Your kid will likely still grow. We saw that with my kid who was shorter than most at 13/14. He was 5’4” at start of Freshmen year and 5’11” at HS graduation (18) and 6’0” at Thanksgiving break this Fall (19). He may have another inch or so if he follows other males in our family.

I'm not sure - he needs to shave twice a week to avoid having a mustache/the start of a beard. But maybe, if he did get to be an inch taller, I am sure he would like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician told us to double our son’s height when he was two (39 inches). He is now 6’5” at 18 (and possibly still growing), so she was spot on.

My siblings and cousins are all over the place in terms of height. So are our kids. I don’t know which one of us is genetically correct. There’s a 9” difference between the shortest sister and tallest sister with a couple in between. My brother is about 4” taller than my father.

What is the point of trying to predict a two year old’s adult height?

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/childs-height-at-age-2-may-predict-adult-height/

I have 3 kids. DH is 6’2” and comes from a tall family where the shortest woman is 5’9”. I on the other hand am 5’3” with pretty average parents and siblings (all men are between 5’8” and 5’11” and women between 5’2” and 5’4”).

My kids were very big when young. According to this math, my eldest DD as an adult should be 6’ (93%), my middle DD 5’10” (I think 85%) and my son more average at 6’1”.
They are still growing, but my eldest DD has been co Stanton in the 65-70% range since she was 4. My middle DD has been in the 40-55% range since she also was 4. My son on the other hand has been in the 80-85% range. I am very confident, that my son will be more like his dad and my middle daughter more like me while eldest daughter somewhere in between.
We have several nieces on my husband’s side that are over 6’ and they were always huge… not just at 2.

Lol, 6’1 is in no way “average,” it is the 84th percentile. Average is 5’9. If your son tracks on his percentile you stated, he should end up around 6’0-6’1.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7'' and my DH is 5'8'' and 15yo DS is 5'10'', I'd guess he's done.

Our parents are (well, were before they shrank) 5'7'' (my mom) and 6' (my dad) and 5'7'' (MIL) and 5'10'' (FIL). If you go back another generation our grandparents are all over the map, ranging from under 5' grandmothers and tall grandmothers and 5'6'' to 6' grandfathers.

I'm about what you'd expect from my parents, but my DH (and his sibling) are way short for what you'd expect from their parents.

Our DS seems to kind of be doing his own thing. I wouldn't have been shocked to see him tap out at 5'7'' but I also wouldn't be shocked to see him grow more (though I would because his growth plates in his knee are pretty closed per a summer xray).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician told us to double our son’s height when he was two (39 inches). He is now 6’5” at 18 (and possibly still growing), so she was spot on.

My siblings and cousins are all over the place in terms of height. So are our kids. I don’t know which one of us is genetically correct. There’s a 9” difference between the shortest sister and tallest sister with a couple in between. My brother is about 4” taller than my father.

What is the point of trying to predict a two year old’s adult height?

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/childs-height-at-age-2-may-predict-adult-height/

I have 3 kids. DH is 6’2” and comes from a tall family where the shortest woman is 5’9”. I on the other hand am 5’3” with pretty average parents and siblings (all men are between 5’8” and 5’11” and women between 5’2” and 5’4”).

My kids were very big when young. According to this math, my eldest DD as an adult should be 6’ (93%), my middle DD 5’10” (I think 85%) and my son more average at 6’1”.
They are still growing, but my eldest DD has been co Stanton in the 65-70% range since she was 4. My middle DD has been in the 40-55% range since she also was 4. My son on the other hand has been in the 80-85% range. I am very confident, that my son will be more like his dad and my middle daughter more like me while eldest daughter somewhere in between.
We have several nieces on my husband’s side that are over 6’ and they were always huge… not just at 2.

Lol, 6’1 is in no way “average,” it is the 84th percentile. Average is 5’9. If your son tracks on his percentile you stated, he should end up around 6’0-6’1.

You are right. I meant “expected height” since he has been constantly tall (not just at 2). My girls on the other hand, were very tall at 2, but have since lost a lot of %. Maybe the math should be done looking at height at 4 or 5 instead of 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Central Americans also tend to have early puberty and stop growing sooner. Your kid will likely still grow. We saw that with my kid who was shorter than most at 13/14. He was 5’4” at start of Freshmen year and 5’11” at HS graduation (18) and 6’0” at Thanksgiving break this Fall (19). He may have another inch or so if he follows other males in our family.

I'm not sure - he needs to shave twice a week to avoid having a mustache/the start of a beard. But maybe, if he did get to be an inch taller, I am sure he would like that.

My 19-year old still only shaves once a week--at that and hardly any facial hair. But, he was a late grower. 5'4" Freshmen year of HS. 5'11" Senior year. Now 6" Freshmen year of college.

My 16-year old son (17 in April) doesn't shave yet. 5'3" Freshmen year of HS. 5'8.5" now. Baby face.

My brother grew until age 21.