Kid's height

[Sundae]

Here we go.
This is me in 1985. The girl next to me is my French exchange student. She is actually younger than me.

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Here we go.
This is me in 1985. The girl next to me is my French exchange student. She is actually younger than me.

So I showed her this pic, and then the boob one you posted, and she said "Oh wow!"

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Thanks everyone for the great feedback. She doesn't have trouble with clothes too much; as far as developing other talents, she draws really cool comic strips, makes stop motion animation videos, plays an instrument, and rides a dirtbike, in addition to being a girl scout. It is just those cruel bitchy girls who pick on her, and one tried to get invited to her recent birthday party, even after all the picking on her. Kate told her she could come if she would be the pinata! I think most of it is just small town middle school hellishness, and we will support her through all of it, and I know she will be just fine

[Shawnee123]

I talled out very young, and was like second or third tallest in my 4th grade class. I know because we had to line up by height. Boy was I self-conscious about it. Probably why I can't stand the sight of myself now. But now, I wish I were 6 feet tall. Seriously.

[Clodfobble]

Several men in my family have had strange growth spurts of 6 inches or more around the age of 25. My little brother is 24 and about 5'7", so he's really hoping...

[Agent-G]

Oh, yes, this is one of those touchy subjects with some children. I am the oldest of 6 kids but I was never really that tall. Growing up I was always the second shortest kid in my class. There was always one other kid shorter than me.

It never bothered me though, but It really bothered my brother who was two years younger than me. My brother who was 4 years younger was a big kid and around the time they were in 4th and 6th grade they were about the same height. He was worried to the point he wanted to take growth hormones.

Hell, my brother 4 years my junior grew bigger than me in the end. He was 6'3" 210 lbs to my 5'10" 140. We went to the casino in Tahoe a month before my 21th birthday and they carded me and said "oh, not quite 21 yet, you can go play in the arcade" and at the same time offered my brother a drink because he was playing the slots.

In my experience the only way to help them out of it is telling them the advantages of being short. Obviously showing them examples will help, but they will become depressed about it again once someone makes a short or little comment about them.

The sad thing is, the only reason the supposed "popular girls" keep on heckling is because they know it bothers her. If she could only have been like "wow...so what, height really doesnt matter" they would have nothing to say to her.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Agent-G

In my experience the only way to help them out of it is telling them the advantages of being short.

Flying coach is bad enough for an average sized person. For a tall person, it's downright miserable. When I fly, I always wish that I was around 5 feet tall.

[Agent-G]

^ yeah, that is an advantage. But it is more of an adult advantage. Most kids arent going to reckonize the relation in that since most kids arent experienced flyers.

You have to relate it so something that pertains to the current time and/or something that makes them feel accomplished.

For instance - say you lost an expensive piece of jewlery down a storm drain and you figure it was gone forever. Someone small like them, fits down there and retrieves it. You then thank them because they were small enough to go down there and get it in a place you are too big to go. It makes them feel accomplished.

[Shawnee123]

I remember that from a Fat Albert episode! And a Brady Bunch episode. I don't think the Partridge Family did it, but I bet someone on Diff'rent Strokes crawled into something to get something.