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14 year old boy with a height of 6ft 2-3

14 year old boy with a height of 6ft 2-3

i am am 14 years old and my height is 6ft 2-3, i want to stop growing and they say you grow until your 21 by the age of 21 if i still keep on growing i will be a very very very talll. my dad is 5 ft 10 and my mum is 5ft 6, both of my grandads were considerably tall. why have i grown too much and will i stop growing at this height or will i still grow and what do you reckon my adult height will be ?


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I can't tell you if you will stop growing soon or not. Thought the idea of growing until you are 21 is just a range they give for the average growth years. Some people stop growing much before then or much later. Most people are within a several inches of their parent for their adult height.
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