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I’m 5 ft 6. My 19 yo son is 5 ft 5. Don’t worry about him. He’ll be fine. If you don’t make a big deal neither will he. It’s funny my son just graduated from high school and in their video they asked the one thing that you didn’t get to do in high school what you wanted and his was grow. It was very funny . Just let him be happy and enjoy his life
I hope that you don’t think there’s something wrong with him, it would suck for him to know his dad doesn’t approve of something that’s genetic and out of his control. Could just be me though cause I’m also short (5’6”) 🙂. Reality is that he may grow up being short and there are people that won’t be super nice about it. But he also probably has several qualities a lot of people, including tall ones, wish they had too. Everyone is different and that’s ok!
Messi is 5’7"
I was very small when younger and my parents ended up getting me tested and ultimately started to receive growth hormone treatment. I can tell you that it was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. Generally the people that say don’t worry about being small aren’t small themselves. There definitely is a confidence factor that starts to creep in as well as let’s be honest, most CEOs in this world are above 6 foot three and there is a reason for that. Your job as a Dad is to give your son every opportunity to succeed My advice, keep close tabs on it like you are and work your tail off to make good money. You never know When some sort of treatment may be out of pocket and if you can provide that gift to your son it could be something that completely changes his life forever. It did for me.
More milk may help. Also put him in BJJ or some martial arts if confidence is an issue
Talk to another doctor. talking and tests doesn't commit you to anything.
Don't sit by while you can still take action. Maybe he'll be fine, but maybe he will only reach 5'2" which will make life very difficult both professionally and socially
While there is no argument that there is a correlation between successful public figures and height (>6ft), its not true that being short is the end of the world as the recent posts make it seem or automatically a confidence inhibitor. I have known tall people who are meek and short folks who are fiesty and driven. Confidence comes from within, not of external perception. Being short myself has not held me from being successful at sports (swimming, golf), education (double masters), and professionally. Agree with providing the right nutrition, exercise, etc to your son, but the worst thing you can do is to shake his confidence by making him concious of his height.
Socially. I’m also concerned about his stature in adulthood. My wife doesn’t seem to think there is anything wrong and keeps saying that we should just let him be who he is. But his 7 year old sister is almost as tall as him now. He’s under 5% for height and 5% for weight. Wondering if anyone has dealt with this? Is there growth hormone or something that we can try? If I trace the chart up to 18, he is projected to be around 5’4. I am 5’10 and my wife is 5’6
Have you talked to his pediatrician? They might suggest changes to diet, exercise, or sleep before jumping into hormones. If he’s otherwise healthy I wouldn’t worry but it can’t hurt to ask. Privately, that is - I wouldn’t discuss in front of your son because as others said he could easily misunderstand your concern as you thinking less of him
Yes we have talked to the doc about a year ago or so. They said not to worry as long as he stays on the curve. He was at 25% when he was a baby. So. He’s not staying on the curve. Since the last appointment, he hasn’t really grown more than 1/4” ..part of the argument with the wife is whether to go in and see an endocrinologist or someone like that to start talking about this more. This all started cause some of his friends are going to an amusement park and he is nervous to go cause he’s not 48”
Have a good buddy who is 5’ 4” and he married a gorgeous woman who is 5’ 10”.
Suggestion would be to put him in confidence building activities, wrestling was huge for me and so was rock climbing as a kid
He’ll be fine. I was super short and skinny until high school then finally hit a growth spurt and am 6”. Help him be funny and witty and he’ll be set