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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are hitting puberty earlier these days- boys too- which makes late bloomers all the more noticeable. Honestly, I think that is the largest part of this.

My 15yo son is also a very late bloomer and it has been extremely hard on him- so I totally understand where you are coming from. The late bloomers are a really small percentage of boys it seems- I think it used to be a lot more common. Most of the boys we know seemed to hit big growth spurts at 12 and look very much like men at 14-15.

At this age, I honestly don’t see it as being so much about height. There are plenty of more developed boys who are on the shorter side- it isn’t that big of an issue among peers. It is more about the physical maturity piece (and shorter height makes this more noticeable….the immature taller boys blend in better).

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Agree.  DS didn't hit puberty till 15/16. He was all of 5' 1.25" when he started HS.  Not athletic.  He passed his friends in height at 16/17 when they stopped growing, but he was still growing.  But, they still see him as "short" even though he is now 5' 10.5" and taller than most of his friends. And he is still growing, albeit, much more slowly now.[/quote]

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