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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Don’t ask them to stop. The best way to get them to stop is to agree. “Yep, I’m short!” And then move on.[/quote]

This is what DS did, and it was fairly effective.  He is now 5'6" at age 15, and although he is still relatively short, the height differential is not nearly as bad as when he was 13.  No one says anything at all at this point.[/quote]

OP - we practiced saying that this morning, will see how it goes. [/quote]

It will take a while for the serious teasing to die down. Don’t expect any big changes quickly. And your son will probably always get some sort of comments about it.

Whenever someone has a “deficit” in terms of conventional standards of attractiveness, they can either keep the chip on their shoulder or just focus on developing a good personality and being a good person. A lot of tall guys are really boring because they can just coast on their height, socially speaking. And a lot of short guys have Napoleon complexes and take their insecurities out on others. You don’t want either one. You can’t control your son but do your best to teach him to shrug off the comments and move on. Model that in yourself too. [/quote]

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