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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He probably looked at a chart, saw that he was in the 85 percentile, and if it holds over time he’ll be 6 ft tall. No need to get worked up about it, I don’t understand what you’re venting about.

Might be a good time to explain your kid how predictions, variability and genetics work. At 13 the basics should have been covered in math and science classes.[/quote]

My kid was 20% at 13 and 90% at 18. He was also 95% at 2 years old and kept going down (40-20%) until growth spurt at 16.

Percentile will be high at 13 if kid grows early/hits puberty early and a kid that is a late grower will be average or low percentile at 13, and move up percentile as he grows …while the early grower moves down percentile. [/quote]

My DS was 30th percentile for height at 13. He is 90th percentile for height at age 16 and is still growing. Late bloomer.

Some of his friends were near their final heights already at 13.

And of course most boys are somewhere in between. [/quote]

How do you know that his friends were near their final heights at 13 — if they are all around 16 now?  Is there something that indicates which boys will continue to grow into their late teens and very early 20s — and which ones won’t? [/quote]

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