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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The energy from parents of short boys is unmatched.  It is awful really.  I get why they feel this way but the palpable angst about it is a lot.  [/quote]

I know in the scheme of things, it’s a huge blessing to just have a healthy kid, but in reality parents want their kids to have advantages.

And for boys, height is a factor in that.  Sports, dating, careers, etc, height is undeniably an advantage.  Is it the only thing?  No, of course not.  But it’s something.

When it’s *your* son who is the smallest in his class, even most of the girls are taller, who is trying to stay in a sport he loves but is a boy up against men, or is enduring regular comments and teasing, it’s tough.  Your heart breaks for your kid.[/quote]

I mean, all kids have challenges of one sort or another. My DS2 was a very late bloomer. He ended up over 6', but yes, the fact that he was short through middle school and much of high school affected his athletic "career." OTOH, that career was likely going to end when he graduated from high school regardless (as the careers of most high school athletes do), so how big a deal is this in the scheme of things? Is it more of a "heartbreak" than his best friend who had terrible, terrible acne? Or his friend who really struggled with classwork? My DS1 was not so late of a bloomer and might have taken advantage of his height....but he was a tall kid with not a lot of athletic ability, so that was a different kind of disappointment.

Either way, they're both in their 20s now, over 6' and neither with a girlfriend in quite some time while shorter friends are paired up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[/quote]

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