Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school

[Anonymous]

Folks, tall kids have a disadvantage here. They have to undergo the same curricula as everyone else, but they also have to manage the fact that they are GROWING at a much faster rate than everyone else. This is a lot of extra burden placed on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks, tall kids have a disadvantage here. They have to undergo the same curricula as everyone else, but they also have to manage the fact that they are GROWING at a much faster rate than everyone else. This is a lot of extra burden placed on them.

Is this normally what you think about at 3am or were you drunk?

[Anonymous]

Tall kids are not necessarily growing faster. Maybe they entered middle school already taller.

[Anonymous]

should not have held your kid back

[Anonymous]

And the short kids have to manage all the bullying and ridicule heaped upon them, so.....it all evens out??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the short kids have to manage all the bullying and ridicule heaped upon them, so.....it all evens out??

+1 My short 13 year old feels insecure because he's so short. Luckily he gets straight As and has some good friends.

[Anonymous]

Define "short"

[Anonymous]

Tall boys definitely has an advantage since boys are generally shorter than girls in middle school

[Anonymous]

Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Thank you for opening our eyes to this social problem.

[Anonymous]

I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

This is so absurd. And whatever disadvantage you think tall kids have doing all that growing they get back ten fold with professional and social benefits of just being tall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

? Seriously?

I believe it! My son grew 3 inches in 2 months this summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

My DS is halfway through 8th grade and he is on track to grow 10 inches since he started middle school. He is also the shortest kid in the grade and has been for years. All of the other boys look like men and mine looks like a small, skinny boy.