Delayed puberty....what was the outcome?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 15 yo was 110 5’5” no puberty. He was the shortest/smallest of all his friends.

He was an athlete and it was hard to keep up but he never lost faith and plays D1 is 6’2”.

This is like our family. We are late growers.

My youngest son, 14, is the most extreme.

He is 5'4" 103 pounds, very skinny. Baby face, little kid voice, but does have under arm hair (not thick) and leg hair.

He is just now starting to grow. 2 inches were this summer. His arms and legs are very long. I was worried, but seeing his growth this summer I know it is just late. He still is a good athlete but it's been hard when the coach favors size over skill (not basketball).

His brother's growth spurt came at 15 and he's now almost 17 and 6 feet and possibly still growing. He put on a lot of muscle and filled out this year too.

I think this coming year will be a big change for my son because he is tracking for his growth spurt next spring closer to 15.

My brother is 6'3" and grew two inches in college. I am female and grew an inch in college (which is almost unheard of for women).

It's tough watching them struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 15 yo was 110 5’5” no puberty. He was the shortest/smallest of all his friends.

He was an athlete and it was hard to keep up but he never lost faith and plays D1 is 6’2”.

This is like our family. We are late growers.

My youngest son, 14, is the most extreme.

He is 5'4" 103 pounds, very skinny. Baby face, little kid voice, but does have under arm hair (not thick) and leg hair.

He is just now starting to grow. 2 inches were this summer. His arms and legs are very long. I was worried, but seeing his growth this summer I know it is just late. He still is a good athlete but it's been hard when the coach favors size over skill (not basketball).

His brother's growth spurt came at 15 and he's now almost 17 and 6 feet and possibly still growing. He put on a lot of muscle and filled out this year too.

I think this coming year will be a big change for my son because he is tracking for his growth spurt next spring closer to 15.

My brother is 6'3" and grew two inches in college. I am female and grew an inch in college (which is almost unheard of for women).

It's tough watching them struggle.

I want to add that he plays soccer and he is no longer the smallest on his team and this summer he is now smack in the middle. There is a huge size and puberty/physical development of all of these boys born in the same birth year. Some look 10 and some look 18.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you do have an expert opinion. As people have noted here, there is a wide range of timelines for puberty and growth. The most famous example of a late bloomer was David Robinson, who was 5’9” his junior year in HS. He grew to 6’6” his senior year, and then 7’ start of his second year at the Naval Academy and went on to be rookie of the year in the NBA.

I have two different friends whose sons were around 5’ when they started HS and were over 6’ by the time they were in college. It happens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you looked at a sophomore class lately? There is a wide variety in boys and growth even around 15. A few look like men but the others vary widely.

I'm not talking about simply height. My 13 year old has friends who have definitely started puberty but are still short. They're going to be short men. But they have some facial hair, etc.

98% of boys start puberty by age 14. There may be some short boys at age 15, but there are not a lot of pre-pubescent 15 year old boys out there.

Yes there are going to be short men. And tall men. Boys and girls vary when they start puberty. It isn't a medical condition!

It is a medical condition if they haven't started by age 14. It doesn't have to be treated, but it certainly can be.

I have a kid who is almost 19, 5'5 and 115 pounds. May get another inch but maybe not - has very short parents 5'0 and 5'9. He is both genetically meant to be on the shorter side and was a late bloomer. He didn't look like he'd started puberty until late sophomore year. It was hard. I wish we would have considered the testosterone shots so at least he could have started developing at the tail end of when his classmates did, rather than a solid 1-2 years behind them (and he is one of the oldest kids in his class - was held back a year). It made things quite difficult for him. No bullying, but girls had no interest in dating him and he was always seen as a kid rather than a teen, if that makes sense.

+1. It’s a big confidence suck for kids. They look younger than their peers including their friends, dating is harder because they look more like an early MS kid than HS, sports become tougher because everyone is getting bigger and stronger, and they still have to deal with the normal teen pressures. Its like constantly being the odd person out.