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Agreed on talking to his ped as a more reasonable way to assuage one's concerns generally, but on the other hand, I would be willing to bet a fair amount of money that no ped is going to be like, "oh your not yet 14 year old is 5'3" and has no visible signs of puberty (based on a parent, rather than doctor's, assessment), definitely time to FTFO."

Kid is 14 next week and pediatrician appointment is a few days later, as indicated in OP, but thanks for being condescending.

How do you view those first two facts as playing in? I don't. Of course ask, but the kid is not yet even 14 and is as tall as me, a grown adult person.[/quote]

Honestly, I am somewhat sorry to have been snappy, but on the other hand, as someone married to a short guy (5'5") and the mom of two boys who are likely to be short, I am pretty sick of people on DCUM pathologizing and having massive anxiety about shortness within the range of normal.  It's ridiculous.  If someone acted this way about a kid being slightly overweight, they would get jumped all over.[/quote]

TBH I think people always have difficulty separating the issue of height and the separate issue of puberty/physical maturity on these types of posts. They aren’t always the same thing at all. Freshmen boys will obviously have both a range of heights and a range of physical maturity levels…It would not be unusual for a boy (or his parents) this age to start feeling a bit worried if he has not started puberty at all, regardless of height. [/quote]

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