Height prediction - #29274
I am 14 and really worried about my height!!!! I feel like everyone around me is just shooting up and I’m stuck at 5’2”. My parents are both tall – my dad’s like 6’2” and my mom is 5'8" – and I always thought I’d at least be as tall as my mom. My friends say height prediction is kind of a thing and that there are ways to figure out how tall I might get, but honestly, it sounds so complicated. I heard about this formula using your parents' heights to predict your height, but I don’t know if it’s really valid or just some nonsense people say. They said something about adding together the heights of both parents, and then there’s another step? I want to know if it’s true that height prediction can actually work. I mean, is there a certain age when I should stop worrying about this, or can I still grow a lot more? Sometimes I feel like since I’m shorter, it’s holding me back from doing things, like sports or even just fitting in better. Has anyone used height prediction methods that actually gave them a clue about what to expect? Is it worth trying to figure this all out? I just want to know if there’s hope for me to grow more!
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