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[quote=Anonymous]I have a second grader who is 5% for height also, and some of the "just teach him to do other stuff and not care" posts are well-intentioned, but don't get it.  I think this particular age and height combo is *really* hard for kids - especially boys.  When you are 7, your age and grade comes up a lot, and there are actually things you aren't allowed to do or can't do because of your height, that other kids your age can do.  Twice over the summer DS wasn't able to participate in something at camp because of his height;  our boys right now aren't tall enough to ride the big kid rides at amusement parks; he was in a carseat well into first grade because of his weight; they are often mistaken for K kids, who are - in the mind of a second grader - such little babies. 
I'm hopeful that once they move past 48 inches and get just a little older that it won't come up quite so much and that being mistaken for a 3rd grader when you're in 5th won't be as bad as being mistaken for a preschooler when you're heading into second grade.

In the meantime, I'm focusing on sympathy and redirecting.  I'm really short too and I remember how much it sucked to not be able to ride Space Mountain when my friends had all ridden it.  But I survived, and I'm sure our kids will too.[/quote]

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