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[quote=Anonymous][quote] My rising 9th grader feels very self-conscious about his height. He is 5'4 1/2" inches, so definitely short, but not insanely so. He is also relatively young for his grade (his birthday is 9/1). He does take some teasing about it from friends, as many of his friends are close to six feet tall (there are of course other boys relatively closer to him in height at school, like 5'6" or 5'8", but his close friends happen to be very tall). I'm not sure what else I can say to him to make him feel better about this.[/quote] My son is an 11th grader who is only 5'7". I empathize with him to the extent of "yeah, there is a weird prejudice against short men in our society, but I am confident you will meet a woman that is right for you." I don't overly engage on it, because there are boys his age out there with significant physical disabilities and so harping on a relatively minor thing like height doesn't seem healthy to me.[/quote]
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