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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Where the hell did you read that? Boys grow beyond 16. Its girls who stop growing at 16.[/quote]

They do grow some, but generally, significant growth spurts are usually done prior to 16.  I am sure people will post their own counterexamples, which is fine, and of course they exist, but I am telling you what my kids' doctor told us occurs on average.
My son is mixed race (my ex is from Central America), and is shorter than average (a hair under 5'8" at 17, almost 18).  Honestly, all this hand wringing on this site about males being short is ridiculous.  He has a good life, plays soccer for his high school, and has good grades and a nice girlfriend.[/quote]

I totally agree with all of this. Shorter and average height boys do just fine in high school and in life. A lot of the comments on this site are ridiculous.

I will say that people often confuse height/late puberty concerns. It stinks to start high school weighing 100lbs and looking like a little boy (and the concern isn’t about height- it is about looking like a little kid with high voice etc).  However, those are the boys that usually grow a lot freshman-sophomore year.

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