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[quote=Anonymous]My 10 year old girl has always been tall stature (97-99th percentile for height). She hasn't hit puberty or middle school yet, so TBD on final height and socioemotional impact in the teen years. But she has a decade of experience being a head taller than her friends and fielding comments and assumptions from others.

First, it is different for girls than boys. Most tall women grow to appreciate their height as adults, but find it challenging in adolescence. It's the opposite for boys, and does a disservice to girls to assume that they will feel the same way a boy would. Mine would prefer to be more average sized, but also likes getting perceived as older because tweens are going to tween. She also loves that Taylor Swift is 5'10". We've always emphasized that she's tall her dad and grandmothers (I'm average height), and those tall genes are part of what her ancestors passed down to her.

Second, you are doing your own child a disservice by getting upset or defensive over comments about their height. Why? Because people comment on these things, like it or not, and you won't always be there to field those comments. So teach your child that it's not something to take as an insult and model how to respond neutrally. Then they'll know how to respond to their friends and the mean kids on the playground. [/quote]

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