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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sympathetic to OP.  Teens and tweens are often sensitive about anything that makes them different and body changes are really sensitive.  Most adult women love to have a nice rack but most 13 year old girls are pretty uncomfortable with it!  Just don’t comment on kids’ looks unless you know them super well.[/quote]

Looks like you and I are the only ones not coming here to rip OP up, PP.

It's interesting to see these posters so invested in insisting their kids just love being singled out as tall. OK, great for them, but these parents are assuming that their own kids' being OK with comments means that ALL teens do -- or should -- feel the same way. My friend's two exceptionally tall teen sons would beg to differ, as they're both sick of comments on their height. It amazes them that boring, obvious comments on height are the best that supposedly sensible adults can do when making small talk. One of them confided to his mom that he was hating being asked over and over year after year by strangers if he plays basketball (no, and zero interest) when no one ever asks if he has other hobbies (he's a terrific musician). Of course some adults just see the height and burst out about it, but shouldn't people do better at small talk? I can see why teens would feel frustrated

As for OP supposedly MAKING her son embarrassed about his height or transferring her own past experiences onto him etc.--you have no idea if that's what's going on. She said she'd disliked comments about her height as a teen. That doesn't automatically translate into her repressing her poor son who's secretly so proud to have adults blather at him about his appearance.

I'd wager that OP posted after yet another unthinking comment to her son that she knows irritated him. prompted him to say he's so tired of being seen only as the tall kid. So, OP, am I right?[/quote]

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