Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was 5'6 at 11 (topped out at 5'7) and my 11yo is 4'11, just barely starting to get breast buds and I sincerely hope she grows a lot. My husband is 6'3 and she was always tall as an infant/young child but now says she's "just average" for her class. I'm expecting her to start growing any day...
Isn't she slated to be around 5'6? That's not short. I don’t understand why people are worried about height.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My DD has always been on the tall side (99+%). She was 5' 3" at 11 and is close to 5' 9" now after turning 13. I have the opposite worries as she may be awkwardly tall (6') in high school (my worries, not hers). But... we don't dwell on it and celebrate all her awesomeness. Tall.. short... somewhere in the middle... they are going to exactly as tall as they are going to be. They're our kids... height should be the last thing we have to worry about.![]()
While I agree with this, if my daughter grows to only be 4’11’ she will be at a disadvantage. Not the case for 6ft women.
I’m talking as adults with careers, hoping to be taken seriously. There are exceptions to this but they are that... exceptions.
I sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very short women face in the work place. Clearly this is vastly less important than her health, etc.
It sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very tall women face in the work place and out of it.
Exactly. The disadvantages are real and difficult.
Anonymous wrote:I was 5'6 at 11 (topped out at 5'7) and my 11yo is 4'11, just barely starting to get breast buds and I sincerely hope she grows a lot. My husband is 6'3 and she was always tall as an infant/young child but now says she's "just average" for her class. I'm expecting her to start growing any day...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My DD has always been on the tall side (99+%). She was 5' 3" at 11 and is close to 5' 9" now after turning 13. I have the opposite worries as she may be awkwardly tall (6') in high school (my worries, not hers). But... we don't dwell on it and celebrate all her awesomeness. Tall.. short... somewhere in the middle... they are going to exactly as tall as they are going to be. They're our kids... height should be the last thing we have to worry about.![]()
While I agree with this, if my daughter grows to only be 4’11’ she will be at a disadvantage. Not the case for 6ft women.
I’m talking as adults with careers, hoping to be taken seriously. There are exceptions to this but they are that... exceptions.
I sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very short women face in the work place. Clearly this is vastly less important than her health, etc.
It sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very tall women face in the work place and out of it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My DD has always been on the tall side (99+%). She was 5' 3" at 11 and is close to 5' 9" now after turning 13. I have the opposite worries as she may be awkwardly tall (6') in high school (my worries, not hers). But... we don't dwell on it and celebrate all her awesomeness. Tall.. short... somewhere in the middle... they are going to exactly as tall as they are going to be. They're our kids... height should be the last thing we have to worry about.![]()
While I agree with this, if my daughter grows to only be 4’11’ she will be at a disadvantage. Not the case for 6ft women.
I’m talking as adults with careers, hoping to be taken seriously. There are exceptions to this but they are that... exceptions.
I sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very short women face in the work place. Clearly this is vastly less important than her health, etc.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My DD has always been on the tall side (99+%). She was 5' 3" at 11 and is close to 5' 9" now after turning 13. I have the opposite worries as she may be awkwardly tall (6') in high school (my worries, not hers). But... we don't dwell on it and celebrate all her awesomeness. Tall.. short... somewhere in the middle... they are going to exactly as tall as they are going to be. They're our kids... height should be the last thing we have to worry about.![]()
While I agree with this, if my daughter grows to only be 4’11’ she will be at a disadvantage. Not the case for 6ft women.
I’m talking as adults with careers, hoping to be taken seriously. There are exceptions to this but they are that... exceptions.
I sounds like you have no personal experience with knowing the difficulty very very short women face in the work place. Clearly this is vastly less important than her health, etc.