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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is the youngest in her grade, small for her age (<10th percentile), and a late bloomer re puberty so she doesn't really stand a chance.  She plays rec soccer and swims for fun.

She loved basketball as a sport, but the cutoff for the more competitive league is literally the day after her birthday, making her the absolute youngest and smallest.  At 11 yo, that makes her 50" tall playing against kids who are 5'9" or even taller.  She's roughly the same size as a tall third grader and the other players are adult sized.  It's just not fun.  When she first tried out a few years ago, her birthday being two days later and playing down a league would have made all the difference.  But the late puberty probably would have pushed her to drop it by now anyways.

Just for reference re young for her grade, she'll be 13 for the beginning of freshman year of highschool.  And her pediatrician expects her to start puberty as a 13-14 yo.  We're not a short family so she'll likely end up around 5'8" but not for a long while.[/quote]

How is she going to be 5”8” when at 11 years old she’s like 4 feet tall?  [/quote]
Late bloomer.  The girls who are tall are all well into puberty.  She's not close yet.[/quote]

My daughter was 5’5” when she got her period at 13.  She grew a couple of inches after that.   She’s just one person but she’s pretty typical.

Puberty at 13 or 14 is within normal limits.   If the height you gave is accurate she isn’t even on the chart.  Hopefully she’ll grow another 12” to make it to 5 feet not because it’s easier to navigate everything.  [/quote]

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