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[quote=Anonymous]My son is entering 2nd grade and is in the 10th percentile for height - so there's nothing medically wrong with him, he is just short. DH is not especially tall, and I'm average, so this is unsurprising.  But last night DS started getting really down about not wanting to be short, and said he did not want to go back to school.  He was actually in tears about it.  I'm not sure what to do to help him.  I sympathize that it can be hard - his 2 closest friends are relatively short as well, and often like to ask to compare height with him so that they can feel better about being a half an inch taller.  That being said, there are some absolutely enormous boys in his grade, so I do understand that DS probably feels tiny compared to them.  It probably doesn't help that DS isn't too into team sports - he's not horrible at them, but his interests lie more along the lines of chess and minecraft.  Any thoughts on what I can do to help him deal with this and feel ok about himself?[/quote]

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