Anyone ever done a "Height Predictor" for their child?

DonnaL
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:21:59 +0000

According to those predictors, based on my parents’ heights, I should have been 5’ 7 1/2" if I’d been a boy, and 5’ 2 1/2" if I’d been a girl. I’m 5’ 2 1/2". Make of that what you will!

On the other hand, they predicted my son’s height perfectly. Unfortunately, that’s only 5’ 2". (My ex is only 4’ 9".) So, I knew it wasn’t very likely to happen (especially because he was always tiny), but I hoped so much that he’d be at least a little taller than me, and it made me sad for him that it didn’t turn out that way. He doesn’t complain about it, but I know it kind of upsets him sometimes, too. That’s something like the bottom 1% or 2% for men in this country, and life isn’t always so easy for men that short.