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mattt15
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I'm 12 years old and I'm 5,7 ! Isn't that tall? I just don't like being huge for my age like what all people says to me! Do they have any way to become smaller or stop growing...
And most people would won't to be tall, but I don't!
Me and my mom are going to the doctor to ask questions... I hope they have something good...
My mom 44 years old is only 5,4 and my dad is 42 years old is only 5,11. My brother that is 15 is 5,9...

Help me please...
I start lifting weights and drinking stuffs that include Cafeine... Like Ice Cappucino and Cappucino!

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jbgarza2010
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Just keep drinking DARK coffee I guess. It's not a bad thing to be tall. You need about 2 or 3 inces to be as tall as me and I'm gonna be 17 in 5 days.

tennisman24
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No it is definitely not tall. I am 14 and I am 6 3. So you think you have problems.

jbgarza2010
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tennis should be 7'0 by the time he stops growing at 22. You don't stop growing till then. For me on the other hand I haven't grown in the past 2 or 3 years. I have been in between 5'9 and 5'10 for that long.

Pixie214
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Well 5 foot 7 would be normal for someone with parents like yours. But in the grand scheme of things 5,7 isn't that tall. In a few others will have caught up. I had the opposite problem, I was vrey short but I've caught up, I'm sorry for the basic, patroising school-nurse style puberty speech but normally people will even up and 12 is too young to be worrying about your height. You might keep growing to over 6 foot (though from your dads height it is unlikely) Ot you could stop growing now and stay 5,7.

mattt15
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K , ill start drinking dark coffee. But for me, its bad being tall! the worst thing that happened is that a girl broke-up with me because she said I started to be too tall for her. At first, when I ask her out, she was like 4,12 and me 5 foot. Now , big differences! I was 5,6 I think and he she was 5 foot!

Tennisman, well I'm being called gigantic. And yes, I still think this is a problem. Being taller then all the sec 2 when I'm only a 6th grader!

Well , for my future, 5,10 to 6.5 foots is ok... Ill be like 7 foot in the future! Maybe... I just hope ill stop growing like at the age of 15!

tennisman24
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I was like 6 feet in 5th grade. You just hit am early growth spurt.

pauler94
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Dude, I'm 14 and I'm 5'10 or around there. I consider myself short.

mattt15
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Well Pauler and tennisman, I don't feel like comparing to you people but to the people I actually know... And Pauler, Ill probably be like 5,11 or 6 foot at the age of 14...
Tennisman, I could admit you are giant but do you like that?

samdawghomie
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My friend is thirteen and he is like 5'9!

And I am twelve and am 5'6 3/4

I don't think that you are that tall dude.

tennisman24
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Tennisman, I could admit you are giant but do you like that?


Are you kidding! It makes you super good at sports.
ligaboy
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4,12 and me 5 foot

They're the same thing..


I just turned 14 two months ago and I'm 6'1". You're not that tall.
the_manta
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I'm 14 & 5'... 9? I think? I'm one of the taller kids, but everyone at my school is either freakishly short or freakishly tall, so I'm nothing special. >_>

The shortest kid in mmy class is probably about 4'10!

mattt15
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Samdawghomie, 5,9 only? I'm also gonna be taller then him for sure!
Tennisman, I know it makes me good at sports but I prefer my life then sports. What I mean about my life is my friends, family etc...
Ligaboy, Oh ya, I mant 5,11.

And everyone, compared to all my friends and most of my families, I'm HUGE! Ill just give a example:

Seb:12 Years old, 5 foot
Tommy:12 years old 5,1
John:12 Years old 4,11
Pierrick:12 Years old 5,2

Im taller then my friends. My tallest 12 year old best friend is Rex and he is like 5,5... thats just tall, not huge.

mattt15
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The_manta, you are like my brother so ya...If you we're at my school, you will be normal too. The shortest person in my primary school in 6th grade is Robert and he is about 4,6 or 4,7.

Pixie214
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Ill probably be like 5,11 or 6 foot at the age of 14...


My mom 44 years old is only 5,4 and my dad is 42 years old is only 5,11. My brother that is 15 is 5,9...


Genetically speaking it is most likely you will be somewhere between your mum and dad. So over 6 foot would be unlikely. I'm not entirely sure where you are from but (sorry) 5,7 isn't "gigantic" and your classmates/"whatever" are being a bit harsh.
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