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re: Did you or your kids have a huge growth spurt or was it more gradual?
Posted on 2/25/26 at 6:42 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 2/25/26 at 6:42 pm to BowDownToLSU
I went through a growth spurt in 7th grade. Hit 5'8" and didnt get any taller 
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Posted on 2/25/26 at 7:02 pm to StringedInstruments
My son grew almost a foot in his sophomore year in high school.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 7:31 pm to StringedInstruments
When I got my drivers license at age 15 I was 5-3. I got made fun of because I was 5-3 and wore a size 10 shoe. Looked like I was on skis. When I graduated high school I was 5-9. Sophomore year of college I peaked out at 6-3.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 7:55 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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When I graduated high school I was 5-9. Sophomore year of college I peaked out at 6-3.
That would be a crazy entrance to the 10 year reunion.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 8:28 pm to StringedInstruments
I was 6' by end of 8th grade and never grew again. My buddy graduated high school 5'-10" and by time he graduated college was 6'-2".
Hard to predict when that growth spurt is going to hit. Genetics are a complicated bunch.
Hard to predict when that growth spurt is going to hit. Genetics are a complicated bunch.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 8:49 pm to StringedInstruments
I was almost always the tallest kid in class; never really had a growth spurt.
My mom started me in school like a year earlier than she had to so people would stop asking why I wasn’t in school.
My mom started me in school like a year earlier than she had to so people would stop asking why I wasn’t in school.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:00 pm to StringedInstruments
My oldest had a huge spurt when he was 13. He came back to school a head taller than most of the boys in his class. He’s a Senior now and he is 6’4”. I’m 5’10” and my dad and father in law are shorter than me. Wife is 5’4”. Not sure where it came from.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:22 pm to StringedInstruments
As a kid i was short and fat.. over the course of one summer when i was 14- actually in just two months- i grew 10 or 11 inches, to my present height of 6’2”.. but i stayed the same weight, so i was nothing but skin and bones for the longest time .
Posted on 2/25/26 at 9:34 pm to StringedInstruments
I was 4’11” going into my freshman year of high school. 95 lb soaking wet with all my clothes and both shoes on.
I remember it vividly because I was able to bench press my weight in PE.
Hit my growth spurt between my junior year and topped out at 5’11”.
I remember it vividly because I was able to bench press my weight in PE.
Hit my growth spurt between my junior year and topped out at 5’11”.
Posted on 2/25/26 at 10:07 pm to StringedInstruments
Idk just seems like one day they're little and the next day they're a grown arse man... shite is sad af too
Posted on 2/25/26 at 10:25 pm to StringedInstruments
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My side of the family is very…Southern Louisiana. I’m 5’7. I think I was 5’6 in 8th grade and didn’t grow much after that.
I wonder if all the tall kids being recruited to John Curtis-ish schools makes everyone else think their school has short kids when in reality they would have a normal distribution of heights
Posted on 2/26/26 at 5:50 am to StringedInstruments
My son grew so fast that I had to buy him pants three times in his 8th grade year. He basically has stretch marks on his back because of how fast he grew in that year. He was 6 ft tall by the summer between 8th and 9th grade and finished off at about 61 and 1/2 to 6'2 by the end of 9th grade
Posted on 2/26/26 at 6:14 am to chalmetteowl
I know this is slightly off topic but I think there are external factors that are causing kids to hit puberty much faster. I think chemicals in processed foods is probably the biggest catalyst bc in my experience many of the very tall kids at a young age are also overweight/obese.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 6:18 am to CatfishJohn
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10 inches in a year in high school
Pretty much impossible. Or you are one of the few in the history of man.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 6:20 am to StringedInstruments
Mine was the same going into middle school. He's 16 and taller than me (I'm 6') and my daughter is 14 and the top of her head is about equal to eye level. It can happen both ways, but you really won't notice it unless you actually do like a wall chart.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 7:54 am to StringedInstruments
I had a good growth spurt between 11 and 12.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 8:02 am to StringedInstruments
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I’m 5’7
Posted on 2/26/26 at 8:05 am to SuperSaint
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SuperSaint
Posted on 2/26/26 at 8:09 am to CatfishJohn
quote:dental development and skeletal maturation are largely separate processes
I was the last one in my class to lose my baby teeth and the last one to hit puberty.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 8:17 am to StringedInstruments
I have tall parents and have always been tall. My growth was gradual but I grew the most in 9th grade. By freshman year in college I had topped off at 6'5" and 1/2.
I know the OT is acutely sensitive of height, and yes, this is a brag.
I know the OT is acutely sensitive of height, and yes, this is a brag.
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