6'0 at 14
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Measuring heights becomes less accurate the moment they no longer measure your child on the exam table. College coaches are notorias for fudging heights a bit for rosters that 5'11.5" kid becomes 6 ft etc
There are very few men and people in general worldwide who are over 6ft tall nevermind the 6'4" to 6'6" that posters regularly claim. As far as I know, DC isn't disproportionately populated by Dutch, Slavic,c and Dinka populations, so the vast majority are not over 6 ft,t and few are even close to 6ft. As for your son, Op, based on the family history you shared, I'd say at max he'll probably be 6'2". That said, the best thing you can do for your son is not to be obsessed with his height, don't let it become his identity or his focus. |
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| Also wanted to add that height is often perceived. I have a friend who is 5'8", actually tall for a woman, but she doesn't feel that tall to me, even though she's 5 inches taller than me, and I can see this as she's regularly the same height or taller than men, and frequently is asked to reach things for people. But her height doesn't register to me because I don't find her intimidating, meanwhile I have a coworker who is the same height as I am but she seems taller because I'm a little scared of her. |
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Approximately 1% of men are 6’4 or taller. That’s uncommon, but not quite as rare as you’re pretending. The DC greater metro area has approximately 3 million males. 1% of 3 million is 30,000. In this thread there have been, what, maybe 10 people claiming to know someone that tall (and mind you, these tall folk don’t even necessarily have to be from the area!) and many of you are insisting that it’s sTaTiStIcAlLy ImPoSsIbLe!! Are you sure? Because it’s more likely that you’re not good at math. |
Anonymous
This is not accurate. It all depends on when they get their period. My daughter got her period past 14.5 (at 5’5”) and then grew 3 more inches. |
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That’s highly unusual. I can’t think of a single girl I know who grew like that so it’s probably a specific genetic pattern in your family. Or they had a growth restriction of some kind (when girls quit gymnastics they tend to shoot up bc the sport restricts their height, or they treat a newly discovered health condition - going GF if celiac etc) There are always going to be outliers but the vast majority of 14 yo girls have no more than an inch if that. Mine also got her period late, 4 months before her 15th birthday and has grown 1 inch. |
Anonymous
Google the percentage of men who are over 5'11. You will be surprised. Your circle is not a representative sample. But I am sure you know that already. |
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D3 schools don't give athletic scholarships. |
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My DS was his 6’5” and built like a man at 14 but had a baby face until 20. I was surprised by the adult men who would be intimidated by him; it gave me very good insight into the teachers and tema/scout leaders who were super insecure. |
Anonymous
Genetics are odd. A neighbor has three kids two bits 6’4” and 6’2” and the daughter is like 5’4”. Pictures of my kids (over 6”) next to their shorter father (5’’6”) look pretty funny. |
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14% of American men are 6 feet or taller. You must not know very many people if you DON’T know multiple men over 6 feet… |
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m This again? Of course they do. They just pretend they’re academic scholarships. |
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Those were about the heights of my dad and his parents. When my last grandparent died, my parents had been married 25y and my dad finally told my mom he was adopted! It was another 10y before they told me. That explained it in my family 
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| My oldest measured 6'2" at his 14yo checkup. He looked like Andre the Giant although he had a total baby face. He's now 21 and he's 6'3". His height does not stand out at all. |
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That means there are almost 3 million males who are under 6’4”. My family is a mixture of Slavic and Irish so we have a variety. We have one family member over 6’4”, the females are between 5’2” and 5’10”. The other males in the family are between 5’9 and 6’2”. People talk about height a lot. My son growing up was always in the middle 50% in height. In elementary school there would be a couple of tiny boys and 1 or 2 much taller. The rest would all be indistinguishable from each other, all pretty much the same size. |
Anonymous
Ethnicity is the biggest indicator of height. |