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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  Unfortunately made varsity in his sport as freshman - so drubbing the big guys in their sport of choice has inflicted some of the abuse - but doesn’t explain it all.

Thanks to PP who said [b]parents act like height is an accomplishment.[/b]  He works really hard in his sport and is pretty solid citizen.  But the daily - sounds like hourly on some days - emphasis makes me doubt humanity sometimes.  Are we really this primal?[/quote]

Had some acquaintances who went on and on and on about how tall their son was when the boys were playing AAA Hockey as U14?15? (Can't exactly remember).  He was...but they failed to notice that he stopped growing for almost a year and by the time they took him to have him checked, too late.  He's 5'7" now at 23.  Lots of early puberty and absurd focus on height, but it's not always what they think it wiil be.

Also:  there's really nothing wrong with whatever your height is as long as nobody has given you a complex about it. [/quote]

It’s actually pretty common for early bloomer boys to be about done growing height-wise by 14/15. Nothing to be concerned about medically.

IME watching my two DSs and their friends, height at age 14 doesn’t mean much- with the exception of the boys that are already super tall (obviously they will be tall- they already are!) Some of the shorter ones at that age end up outgrowing the tallish ones. And of course some don’t. Anecdotally, it always seems to be the skinny ones that just grow and grow and grow all the way through high school. [/quote]

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