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All of these responses bother me. They all operate from the assumption that being a short male is a bad thing, that you should be reassuring your son that he will eventually be taller. I think it is better to help him learn how to laugh off teasing and find lots of things to feel confident about in himself.

For context: my husband never got his growth spurt. He is 5'4" (he claims), but I am 5'2" and it seems to me we see eye to eye. His height used to bother him, too, when he was that age, but he did learn just to go with it, and the teasing was always friendly teasing among friends, not taunting.[/quote]

That's a fair point.  I don't think friends are teasing him, exactly.  He does not like that they sometimes do things like pick him up if a group photo is being taken (he is also skinny).  I don't know that he has ever expressed that he dislikes this, but he really shouldn't have to say that - it's a weird thing to do.[/quote]

OP teach your son to stick up for himself. Just expecting other kids to behave the way you hope they will often doesn’t work.  You sound like you are wallowing in this at least as much as he is.  Help him embrace where he is physically right now and celebrate him for who he is.[/quote]

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