Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 09:12     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Some kids don't have spurts.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 22:16     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


Sounds like you do not have any personal experience with extreme height. It is what it is, but it is certainly not ideal. Of course, if a person can combine extreme height with extreme athleticism, then there could be a big payout.


Actually my teen is 6’7 and still growing. Sounds like you don’t understand how offensive you are being.


Sure, Jan.


Weird response but OK!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 22:15     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


Sounds like you do not have any personal experience with extreme height. It is what it is, but it is certainly not ideal. Of course, if a person can combine extreme height with extreme athleticism, then there could be a big payout.


Actually my teen is 6’7 and still growing. Sounds like you don’t understand how offensive you are being.


Sure, Jan.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:48     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


Sounds like you do not have any personal experience with extreme height. It is what it is, but it is certainly not ideal. Of course, if a person can combine extreme height with extreme athleticism, then there could be a big payout.


Actually my teen is 6’7 and still growing. Sounds like you don’t understand how offensive you are being.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:35     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
My experience as a tall kid and knowing other tall kids, is that we are more steady growers than stall and spurt. The short young looking kids whose height doesn’t match the parents, are the ones that shoot up a foot.

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 18:45     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


Sounds like you do not have any personal experience with extreme height. It is what it is, but it is certainly not ideal. Of course, if a person can combine extreme height with extreme athleticism, then there could be a big payout.


My god just shut up. Truly.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:43     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Steady, average 2" per year give or take.

DS was barely 5'1.25" going into HS. He's now about 5'11" at 20.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:42     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


Sounds like you do not have any personal experience with extreme height. It is what it is, but it is certainly not ideal. Of course, if a person can combine extreme height with extreme athleticism, then there could be a big payout.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:40     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.


He should be able to get a basketball scholarship at that height.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 16:32     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".


Nothing wrong with being 6’8 so no reason to hope OP’s kid won’t end up that tall.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 15:06     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My friend had a child born with Marfan Syndrome. One of the symptoms is extremely tall with long limbs and very thin. It’s genetic but you can have a mutation in the gene without any parent carrier. I’m sure the doctor has already ruled it out but you should ask about it.

Doctor ruled it out because he isn't skinny and his legs/arms are in proportion


That’s good news. He’s just growing at his own pace like every kid and predictions are worthless.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 14:28     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Sounds like my friend's son. He was about 6'1" at 12 years old. No real growth "spurt" -- he just grew steadily until about age 16. He ended up at just over 6'8". It is pretty annoying for him and his family (expensive clothes, cannot fit into cars, worry about future health issues, gawking from others, etc.), but there is not much that can be done about it. Hopefully, your son will not end up that tall. FWIW, his mom is 5'11" and his dad is 6'4".
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 12:58     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Nobody knows, OP. Growth rates and patterns are highly variable. He might be mostly done growing in height or might grow six more inches, or somewhere in between. The cracking/changing voice indicates later puberty.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 12:31     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah he already had his growth spurt.


Maybe, but when I plot his height vs date from 2014-now from the pediatricians records. the R2 value is 0.99. So no real spurt, just slow and steady.
Hence the question about some boys not having a spurt.

Sneakers are currently size 13 in regular shoes but we just had to buy 15s for basketball shoes.


Anonymous
Post 01/03/2026 13:58     Subject: Do some boys skip the growth spurt?
Yeah he already had his growth spurt.