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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't this a science question?

For girls - once you start your period, you may not grow much.  DD had taller friends younger but then she hit our growth spurt and now same height as them.  They were all about 1 yr older than her and did not grow more than that.  On the flip side, she has friends a bit younger than her shorter but now are growing taller than her after she got her period.

She is 5 foot 3, I am 5 foot 2.  I highly doubt she will be any taller than 5 foot 4 and strongly suspect she will be 5 foot 3 or 5 foot 3 1/2.  She is almost age 13.

I think a lot depends on when you get your period.  If you don't get it until 14 or 15, age 12 or 13 is not going to impact your height but if you got your period at 12, you're pretty much done by 14.[/quote]

I don’t think it works that way.    Most will have a growth spurt before their period whether they are 11 or 14.  After their period begins girls usually grow another inch or two.  Late bloomers just catch up, they don’t spend more years having growth spurts.  [/quote]

Not quite. That’s true, but late bloomers also have an extra few years of steady growth before the puberty growth spurt. Keeping within the bounds of a kid’s genetic height potential, blooming later gives more overall years of growth. They say that also contributes to why boys are taller than girls after puberty.[/quote]

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