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[quote=Anonymous]I was 5'2" when i entered 11th grade as a 17 year old (I was just after the cut-off so was always one of the oldest in class).  I was one of the 10 shortest kids in my high school class of 650.  In that year, I exasperated my mother by growing 6 inches in one year.  I ended junior year at 5'8".  Back then my mother used to get longer jeans for me and then would hem the legs in and let them out as needed.  I remember at the end of that year, my pant legs had 3 growth lines about 1-2" apart as my mother had to let my pant legs out so many times that year.  I tell my kids, who are on the smaller size (twins that were born at 5th percentile and 10th percentile who are now 35th percentile and dead average for their ages at age 9), that everyone grows at different times between now and when they reach adulthood in their 20's.  Some will have their growth early (like one friend who is 9, but looks like he is 13) and some will grow later like I did.  The important thing is to do the best with the cards you are dealt.

So, you should look for your son's strengths and play to them.  As a small kid, I found that I was fast and nimble.  I ended up getting into theater in junior high and high school and found that although I wasn't a dancer, I was quite good at stage movement.  I adapted to staged fight choreography (which helped when I was a Jet in "West Side Story") and was usually cast in roles where you had to move fast and well.  I also adapted competitively to the Speech and Debate teams and the Math team.  Not every kid needs to be an athlete.  But if he wants to be athletic, then others have given you good ideas on sports that cater to his strengths.  Always applaud your children's strengths.[/quote]

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