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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If short women are so concerned about their child's height why didn't they marry taller?  What did you think was going to happen marrying a short man?[/quote]

Valid question.
It behooves us all to set expectations accordingly.[/quote]

Not sure why it needs to be repeated over and over, but OP said the DH is 5’8, which is not particularly short for an American man (only slightly below average). And OP is 5’3, which again is not particularly short for an American woman (again, only slightly below average). In fact, OP and her husband are both exactly one inch below the average height, meaning they are the same height when accounting for gender (female height is ~5 inches below the male height equivalent). Since their child is a boy, his expected height would be 5’8. If he is in fact done growing (I can’t speak to that part, as I don’t know much about growth plate closure and its reliability for predicting the end of growth), he is 5 inches shorter than his average predicted height based on genetics. That is pretty significant, and worth investigating, as there might be a biological cause. [/quote]

+100

Clearly the boy does not have tall genes, but 5’3” really would be a very unexpected outcome and is definitely worth investigating. The parental mid-point calculation for him would be 5’8” (plus or minus two inches in either direction). 5’3” is quite far off of this and this parent is correct to be concerned. [/quote]

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