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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

Also want to note that my kid is also the shortest in her class, but she's also the youngest in her grade so it makes more sense (I was middle of the pack, age-wise). She is small for her age, too, though (20th percentile) so there's more likelihood she'll just be a small, and short, adult. But given my own experience, I'm not counting her out![/quote]

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