I come from a short family so i dont really know much different has we are treated all the same.My mum is 5'0,My dad is 5'2,Me 4'8 and 29 yrs old.Richard 5'3 26 yrs old and Melanie 4'11 22 yrs old.Nan is 4'10 g.dad 5'1 Other nan 5'0 and g.dad 5'4.So i didnt expect to turn out a giant.I just would have liked to be similar in height to my sister and brother who are both younger than me and taller.I remember mum doing our height on the seperate height charts has it was done every birthday.I knew i was gonna be short from the age of 8 i was only 4'2 tall or not so tall.I was already the shortest in my school year and quite a few kids in the younger years were taller.When i reached secondary school i was 4'5 mum had to alter all my uniform to fit me some trousers had about 6 ins cut off.I then had my final growth spurt at the age of 14 reaching my adult height of 4'8 a whole 3 ins might i had.All through my schoolyears i was the shortest out of them.I would have loved to be my dad's height

marcus stewart, cornwall, England

Being a guy of below average height and i feel all you short guys pain in wanting some extra height.I mean now i would never have limb lengthening or g.h.t .I did buy a pair of these shoes on the word of my girlfriend at the time.Now she is 5'8 and when wearing heels she can be 5'10 at the shortest.I now am a different kettle of fish my height is 4'10 i could even reach the big 5'0 mark on the height chart.She talked me into buying these shoes to see if they work now they were cheap it's a good job i have a decent job.The shoes can bring me up to 5'4 if i am lucky but they ache my feet after a couple of hours and i kick them off if we are seated.
I fully appreciate the big dal a parent has about their height it is like anyone.I mean my mum was 5'2 tall and dad 4'9.He accepted allalong that he was not ever gonna be the tallest adult in a room.Even when he got married he asked mum to wear flat shoes so he didnt look too short.Mum likes to get her high shoes out and then she can be 5'5 .

Johnny Miller, London, England

As a self confessed shorty, I really have no issues with raising up (oh dear) height - in fact my only bugbear is that society just can't seem to accept that a short man (or to a lesser extent, woman) can do the things any average-tall person can; positions of authority, going out with taller women and such.

I always face challenges in decision making despite it being the obvious choice, or get tuts and mutters of ridicule when being accompanied by a taller girlfriend - usually by the taller male. It's like they can't accept a short person for being higher up on the career/social ladder than them - but it's hardly like we got there through our height, is it?

Regardless, I'm such a cutie pie that I don't have to do a thing to get the occasional peck on the cheek, whilst others have to use their 'charm' to get on the radar.

Jeff, Manchester, UK