Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 11:12     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.



My DS is halfway through 8th grade and he is on track to grow 10 inches since he started middle school. He is also the shortest kid in the grade and has been for years. All of the other boys look like men and mine looks like a small, skinny boy.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 10:34     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

? Seriously?


I believe it! My son grew 3 inches in 2 months this summer.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 10:23     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
This is so absurd. And whatever disadvantage you think tall kids have doing all that growing they get back ten fold with professional and social benefits of just being tall.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 10:20     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Anonymous wrote:I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.

? Seriously?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 10:16     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
I just looked back and checked my son's growth records. He grew 10.5 inches in middle school. He did fine.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 10:11     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Thank you for opening our eyes to this social problem.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 09:59     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Wtf?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 09:49     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Tall boys definitely has an advantage since boys are generally shorter than girls in middle school
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 09:39     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Define "short"
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 09:11     Subject: Re:Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Anonymous wrote:And the short kids have to manage all the bullying and ridicule heaped upon them, so.....it all evens out??

+1 My short 13 year old feels insecure because he's so short. Luckily he gets straight As and has some good friends.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 08:42     Subject: Re:Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
And the short kids have to manage all the bullying and ridicule heaped upon them, so.....it all evens out??
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 08:39     Subject: Re:Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
should not have held your kid back
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 07:34     Subject: Re:Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Tall kids are not necessarily growing faster. Maybe they entered middle school already taller.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 06:54     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Anonymous wrote:Folks, tall kids have a disadvantage here. They have to undergo the same curricula as everyone else, but they also have to manage the fact that they are GROWING at a much faster rate than everyone else. This is a lot of extra burden placed on them.


Is this normally what you think about at 3am or were you drunk?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2019 02:54     Subject: Tall kids vs Short kids in Middle and High school
Folks, tall kids have a disadvantage here. They have to undergo the same curricula as everyone else, but they also have to manage the fact that they are GROWING at a much faster rate than everyone else. This is a lot of extra burden placed on them.