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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, so, so many kids are hitting growth spurts very early and going through puberty early.

Kids that have normal trajectory, are in the normal range, are now seen as being 'late'.

I have two boys.  My oldest didn't have his big growth spurt start until 15.5 when he was 5'3".  He's 17 and now 6 feet.  He went from being one of the taller kids in elementary school to one of the shortest kids 7-9th.  And even some of our idiot neighbors would make comments about his height.  He's now taller than their kids that were tall in 7th grade.

My younger son just turned 15 and was even tinier than his brother at the same age, relatively same height but is painfully skinny and has an incredibly high metabolism.  BUT, even he just started on his growth.  He seems to be taking it in stride and I do see about 1/3 of the kids on his soccer team are same build and height, and several of the Freshmen boys streaming out of school at the end of the day.

We did zero intervention.  I'm not so crazy about the idea for a kid with nothing 'wrong', but just a different timetable.  Other parents can be worse than other kids.  [b]My kids have a lot of confidence and did even when they were the smallest.  BUT, MAN did I hear some crap from the sports mom and dads about their height.  U13-U17 is pretty crazy for boys.  The different heights and stages of puberty on the field are pretty striking. [/b] And when all is said and done, you can't judge how it turns out.  My 6 foot Junior is still growing.  A lot of those 5'8" 6th graders that voices changed and puberty hit early are still 5'8" 6 years later.[/quote]

This! DS has always been a confident kids and never seemed to let his size bother him until HS where even his own coaches would make entirely unconstructive comments about his size. smh[/quote]

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