If you were a short child, did you end up becoming a short adult?

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

This is me, also.

And me too. Always the shortest. But I’m 5’7” now which isn’t short for a woman.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

Just because it’s the average doesn’t mean it’s not short! The average American woman is short at 5’4”. It’s like saying if the average weight for women is 175lbs, it’s not overweight because it’s the average.

That is your opinion not a fact.

No it’s a fact fool

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

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Well that's the cutoff for petites. I can't find any data for the median height which is a better number than average. But yes, I think people who are 5'4" and under are tiny.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

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Well that's the cutoff for petites. I can't find any data for the median height which is a better number than average. But yes, I think people who are 5'4" and under are tiny.

Uh, do you think that height is not a normal distribution? Because if it is, the mean and the median are pretty darn close. Of course, you are free to apply the term “tiny” to whomever you want, but I doubt many people share your quirky definition.

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My daughter (now 20) and I stopped in 7th grade at 5’10”. My mom was 6” by 8th grade.

My dad grew 5 inches through college (final height 6’4”).

My husband (5’7”) stopped growing in 7th grade.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens with our son (18) who was 6’4” in 7th grade. He may take after my dad and grow through colege or my husband and no more growth after 14.

We’ll see

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

Just because it’s the average doesn’t mean it’s not short! The average American woman is short at 5’4”. It’s like saying if the average weight for women is 175lbs, it’s not overweight because it’s the average.

It is not short if you are talking about height relative to other women in the US. She would be average. Which country outside of the US are you comparing pp to if you think 5'4" is short?

https://www.dryukselyurttas.com/post/average-height-men-and-women#:~:text=On%20a%20global%20scale%2C%20the,4%20inches%20(162%20cm).

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

Just because it’s the average doesn’t mean it’s not short! The average American woman is short at 5’4”. It’s like saying if the average weight for women is 175lbs, it’s not overweight because it’s the average.

Height and weight are different because weight can change. The average for a variable quality is different than the average for a fixed quality. And average weight person can become below or above average. An average height person cannot.

5'4" is not tall but it's not short. It's right in the middle. I'd say 5'5" is also in the middle. Everything above that is some degree of "tall" and everything below is some degree of "short". But 5'4" is not short. It's right smack in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar idea as the post about tall children. If you were consistently small in elementary school, did you end up a short adult?

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

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Well that's the cutoff for petites. I can't find any data for the median height which is a better number than average. But yes, I think people who are 5'4" and under are tiny.

Uh, do you think that height is not a normal distribution? Because if it is, the mean and the median are pretty darn close. Of course, you are free to apply the term “tiny” to whomever you want, but I doubt many people share your quirky definition.

It would be a normal distribution if the population was less varied but given the variety of nationalities we have in the US I would expect the data to be skewed.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

Just because it’s the average doesn’t mean it’s not short! The average American woman is short at 5’4”. It’s like saying if the average weight for women is 175lbs, it’s not overweight because it’s the average.

Height and weight are different because weight can change. The average for a variable quality is different than the average for a fixed quality. And average weight person can become below or above average. An average height person cannot.

5'4" is not tall but it's not short. It's right in the middle. I'd say 5'5" is also in the middle. Everything above that is some degree of "tall" and everything below is some degree of "short". But 5'4" is not short. It's right smack in the middle.

+1. There is some definite ignorance of basic math and statistics here.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

Just because it’s the average doesn’t mean it’s not short! The average American woman is short at 5’4”. It’s like saying if the average weight for women is 175lbs, it’s not overweight because it’s the average.

That is your opinion not a fact.

No it’s a fact fool

Post an official source for your fact, ignoramus.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I was the shortest kid in my class every year in elementary. I am now average height for a woman (5'4"). For a long time I still thought of myself as short, though, and it was only after numerous people told me as an adult that I was weird for saying I was short, that I eventually figured out that I wasn't. It was just hard to shake this identity that had been deeply engrained in me as who I am throughout my childhood. Even in HS, people referred to me a short or little, even though by then I now realize I was probably approaching average and actually had friends who were shorter than I was for the first time. I'm not sure why my growth spurts just kind of went unnoticed. Maybe they were too gradual.

I think of you as short, PP, and I’d venture to say so do many others.

I’m 5’3” and while we’re not super short, we are in fact short.

The average height for a woman in the US is 5'4". How is that short?

]

Well that's the cutoff for petites. I can't find any data for the median height which is a better number than average. But yes, I think people who are 5'4" and under are tiny.

Uh, do you think that height is not a normal distribution? Because if it is, the mean and the median are pretty darn close. Of course, you are free to apply the term “tiny” to whomever you want, but I doubt many people share your quirky definition.

It would be a normal distribution if the population was less varied but given the variety of nationalities we have in the US I would expect the data to be skewed.

Stop before you hurt yourself and read up on basic statistics.

[Anonymous]

I posted on the tall thread but I was not predicted to be 5 feel talk through 8th grade and as an adult am 5’7”. I’m a woman FWIW. One of my brothers is 6’6”!

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5”4 is an average height for women. Why is that something that’s controversial?

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My sister was a relatively short child, and she is 5"4". I was an average-to-tall child and I turned out to be 5'7".