Do you have kids of your own?

[trappedslider]

Yup, 5 miniature hooliganas, aged 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2.

The oldest two are reading at a 12th grade level now, and my oldest is 5'7", just 4 inches shorter than my wife.

my son 20 yrs old, is over 6ft and built like a brick house according to his mom/my ex., his mom is 6 ft, when i had all my original parts, i was also 6 ft,one of my brothers is a few inches over 6ft lol

Now with that in mind, picture the boy holding a Nintendo switch

 

[Parmandur]

my son 20 yrs old, is over 6ft and built like a brick house according to his mom/my ex., his mom is 6 ft, when i had all my original parts, i was also 6 ft,one of my brothers is a few inches over 6ft lol

Now with that in mind, picture the boy holding a Nintendo switch

I can sympathize, I was one of the only weirdos who liked the comfortable Duke controller for the OG Xbox, and find the Wii U gamepad wieldy.

 

[Maxperson]

my son 20 yrs old, is over 6ft and built like a brick house according to his mom/my ex., his mom is 6 ft, when i had all my original parts, i was also 6 ft,one of my brothers is a few inches over 6ft lol

Now with that in mind, picture the boy holding a Nintendo switch

I clock in at 5'7" to 5'8" depending on the day of the week and my shoes, and I'm the tallest male on my father's side of the family. My mother's side isn't very tall, either. Somehow my son is in the 90th percentile in height for a 12 year old and is almost as tall as I am. My wife and I don't see a ton of height on her side, either, though they are a bit taller than me. We don't know where he gets it from.

 

[Parmandur]

I clock in at 5'7" to 5'8" depending on the day of the week and my shoes, and I'm the tallest male on my father's side of the family. My mother's side isn't very tall, either. Somehow my son is in the 90th percentile in height for a 12 year old and is almost as tall as I am. My wife and I don't see a ton of height on her side, either, though they are a bit taller than me. We don't know where he gets it from.

There are over 50 genes that control for height, and on average any combination will lead to an average height. Which also means that, random card deck style any given person can get just the right combo to jest out of their immediate points of family comparison, and the children of tall and short people tend to be average.

So, my wife and I are tall, and both our sons seem on track to be very tall, but our daughters are set for 5'7" as their final adult height, and my wife's sisters are 5'7" and 5'4".

 

[Morrus]

Morrus is British?!?!?!

No, I’m French. Can’t you tell by my outrageous accent?

 

[Maxperson]

There are over 50 genes that control for height, and on average any combination will lead to an average height. Which also means that, random card deck style any given person can get just the right combo to jest out of their immediate points of family comparison, and the children of tall and short people tend to be average.

So, my wife and I are tall, and both our sons seem on track to be very tall, but our daughters are set for 5'7" as their final adult height, and my wife's sisters are 5'7" and 5'4".

My son was 12 pounds at birth and the doctor assured us that while he was 90th+ percentile for height, he would grow out of it and normalize to an average height. 12 years later and we're still waiting for the doctor to be right. He shows no signs of slowing down his growth.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

My son was 12 pounds at birth and the doctor assured us that while he was 90th+ percentile for height, he would grow out of it and normalize to an average height. 12 years later and we're still waiting for the doctor to be right. He shows no signs of slowing down his growth.

12 pounds is a large baby |full stop

 

[Maxperson]

12 pounds is a large baby |full stop

I had no less than 4 nurses come up to me and say that he was the biggest baby that they have seen in their career.

 

[gban007]

Five kids, 18, 16, 14, 3 and 1.

Older 3 very much into dnd, and oldest also happily plays other RPGs like soulbound, edge of the empire.

Unfortunately with the 3 and 1 year old im on a bit of a l hiatus from gaming myself.