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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think that’s actually short. It’s basically average. My kid that age is 5’6.5”, and that’s over 70th percentile. He must just have tall friends. [/quote]

DS (21) is also barely 5’7 given his genetics ( DH is 5’4 and I am barely 5’ on a good day).  He has always had very tall friends.  DS never seemed to mind. He has done really well in school, socially and now in the professional world.  I feel DH’s and my attitude towards our own heights is the biggest contributing factor in DS’ positive outlook on his physical attribute.  We are good at our jobs, been married almost 30 years, have great friends.  To DS, life is more than just how tall one is, or the color of one’s hair color and such.  We are also very open with him about our East Asian genetics.  DH and I both came from a world where we would be considered average height.  So there was no illusion that DS would reach 6’ in height.  I think we all are at ease with this one thing and we can’t change and quite frankly don’t care to change.

Agree that peer pressure during the teen years can be hard.  But the unconditional love and acceptance from family as well as open dialogue about what is important in life will go a long way. [/quote]

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