Can boys really be done growing at 15?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is 16 and almost all his friends are under 5'10." I'm so curious if they'll stay these heights or keep growing. They seem unusually short---I'm thinking of at least a dozen boys.

It does seem unusual they would ALL be under 5'10". It seems there is such a wide range of height at that age. For example, DS' friends' height in his friend group probably range from 5'3" to about 6'3". They are all 14 or 15.

NP here. I thought 5’10” was around average height…is it really considered short now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is 16 and almost all his friends are under 5'10." I'm so curious if they'll stay these heights or keep growing. They seem unusually short---I'm thinking of at least a dozen boys.

It does seem unusual they would ALL be under 5'10". It seems there is such a wide range of height at that age. For example, DS' friends' height in his friend group probably range from 5'3" to about 6'3". They are all 14 or 15.

NP here. I thought 5’10” was around average height…is it really considered short now?

Not at all. I was just observing that it was odd there wasn't a wider range. Uupon reading the PP' post again she said "many" I think, not "all".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is 16 and almost all his friends are under 5'10." I'm so curious if they'll stay these heights or keep growing. They seem unusually short---I'm thinking of at least a dozen boys.

It does seem unusual they would ALL be under 5'10". It seems there is such a wide range of height at that age. For example, DS' friends' height in his friend group probably range from 5'3" to about 6'3". They are all 14 or 15.

NP here. I thought 5’10” was around average height…is it really considered short now?

Not at all. I was just observing that it was odd there wasn't a wider range. Uupon reading the PP' post again she said "many" I think, not "all".

5'9" is the average American male height

[Anonymous]

Yes. My friend (male) has been the same height since we were 15. He's 5'4.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Mine stopped at 15.

[Anonymous]

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He must be Tanner 5 which indicates the end of puberty and most likely the end of growing except maybe an inch or two.

An inch or two means a lot to a 5'6" guy. My son is currently 5'6", and would LOVE to be 5'8".

It might happen.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about this too. I thought my son was done growing by 15 too (he was 5'10" then) but in the past year he added another inch and a half and is 5'11" 1'2 right now.

Your doc may be looking at his growth rate over the past few years and maybe also family history for height.

[Anonymous]

Can’t be sure but my 5’11” 15 yo son doesn’t seem to have grown into his feet yet (based on family patterns). He started puberty ~13.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain what an X-ray shows to predict growth? Somehow 4 kids but we never learned or experienced this.

No one gets the X Ray unless they see an Endo or break a bone. More for late bloomers

[Anonymous]

Most (not all) boys stop growing by end of 15th year.

I think you hear about the late growers a lot because they’re talked about a lot because people are worried about them being short and entering puberty late.

[Anonymous]

DS is 16 and hasn’t grown since the first half of 14. I think he’s done.

[Anonymous]

Doctors can tell by physical exam what stage of development teens are in and can therefore estimate when they will stop growing. If you are 14 and tanner 2 you probably have a few years of growth. if you are tanner 5 that signals the end of growth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors can tell by physical exam what stage of development teens are in and can therefore estimate when they will stop growing. If you are 14 and tanner 2 you probably have a few years of growth. if you are tanner 5 that signals the end of growth.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I feel like I constantly read here about boys who grew till 20, but the medical literature says most boys are done at 16

If you read here, you would also think most men are 6'3 by the time they finish college.

My son was at his full height (5'10) by the time he turned 16.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors can tell by physical exam what stage of development teens are in and can therefore estimate when they will stop growing. If you are 14 and tanner 2 you probably have a few years of growth. if you are tanner 5 that signals the end of growth.

How long does each stage tend to last? The doctor said my son was early stage 2 at his 13 year checkup.