Is your MS son taller than you yet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My rising 8th grader is much taller than me. He's 5'11". I'm 5'6". He passed me up when he was 11.

He hit his puberty growth spurt early - started at the end of 5th grade when he was 11. He grew 8 inches and his voice changed over that year. It was insane - he has dark, horizontal stretch marks all up and down his back.

Dad is 6'1" but we have several men who are 6'4" on both sides of the family.

My younger son, who is only 10, is already 5'2" and has not hit puberty.

Boys who grow that early tend to stop growing early too. He’ll probably top out at 5’11”.

This is true for precocious puberty, but for boys that's before age 9. 11 is a normal age for puberty, though on the early side of normal. Either way, 5'11" is a perfectly respectable height, so if this is it, no big deal!

[Anonymous]

My rising 7th grader just matched my height, 5’7. Dad is 6’2. I do hope his feet stop growing though, they are huge.

[Anonymous]

It's not that hard to surpass me, I'm 5'2.
Boy:
Age 12- 5'2. Doctor said boys will grow between 4-6inches at 12 and 13, maybe 14 too. Then, the growth is less each year after that.
Age 13 - 5'7
Age 13.5 - 5'9
When will he close in on Dad's height at 6'3? We will see if it happens at 14.
But, he is as lean as a chopstick.
My boy's voice has been trying to crack for over 9 months. At first, i thought it was a cold. Then that 'cold' carried into spring. Now, at 13.5, I notice it but still not entirely changed to a deep voice yet.

[Anonymous]

Passed me in 7th (I’m five foot five)

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Anonymous wrote:My rising 8th grader (he'll be 14 in August) just passed me a month ago. He's been growing like crazy in height and shoe size. He's 5'7.5 now and I'm 5'6. DH is 5'10" and we both have a few 6'2-3" types on either side (as well as some shorter relatives too).

OP asked for middle school aged.

That is middle school age. 8th graders turn 14 in 8th grade. August is just before the cut off (most are turn 5 by Sept 1 or Sept 30), so lots of August boys are held back. But the 'on time' kids start turning 14 at the beginning of the school year too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My rising 8th grader (he'll be 14 in August) just passed me a month ago. He's been growing like crazy in height and shoe size. He's 5'7.5 now and I'm 5'6. DH is 5'10" and we both have a few 6'2-3" types on either side (as well as some shorter relatives too).

OP asked for middle school aged.

That is middle school age. 8th graders turn 14 in 8th grade. August is just before the cut off (most are turn 5 by Sept 1 or Sept 30), so lots of August boys are held back. But the 'on time' kids start turning 14 at the beginning of the school year too.

+1

My son turned 14 in Nov of 8th and was sent on time. We know a fair number of redshirted boys with summer birthdays

[Anonymous]

My 12.5 year old, rising 7th grade, son just lost his last baby tooth this past week, measured a smidge taller than me at 5'8 and has a little more bass (and squeaks) in his voice.

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Anonymous wrote:I am 5'4", he is 6'1" going into 9th.

Is he 17 or older?

No he is 14.

PP here is 14 turned 14 in December. Going into 9th. Is was 5’11” in April now 6’1”