Quote Originally Posted by GaryWilcox
Not true. Many males have a growth spurt of 6-12 inches in their early teens. I did. Some just stay short, others become Ents. <g>
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there is the clinical average growth rate for males, 2.5 inches per year is average, 4 inches is highly above average 6 inches in a year would be painful at best, and to go for a full foot is normally only seen in infants, anything over about 6 inches can actually cause bone, physical damage.

So although I am not going to say it didn't happen to you, because I am very sure it could have. What I am saying is it is HIGHLY unlikly for a female to experiance a growth of a foot in 1 year, after the first year of growth the common average growth rate is 2.5 inches per year. Could it be more yes, but a full foot is just wrong.

I am 6' 2" I grew very steadily on a 3-4 in average tell I was 15 then it slowed to a crawl. One of my best friends growing up is 7' 1" his largest spurt was in jr high and it was 6 inches. all I am saying is the authors needs to be at least reasonably realistic. A growth of a foot by a 12 year old girl in a year is totally unfeasable.