Confused about my tanner stage.... [Archive]

Second Chance

November 10th, 2016, 04:32 PM

So, I can't take the tanner stage test accurately. My voice is high, and breaks sometimes. It has began changing and cracking at times, but it is still high. It isn't in a deeper zone yet. I could still pass as a child voice wise. On the other hand, my pubic hair is closer to stage 4 from what I have seen. Same with arm pit hair. :confused:

I would not worry, and it is all right to be confused. One thing you have to remember about Tanner Stages is that it is a general guide for puberty and not everyone is necessarily going to follow along the exact path that the Tanner Stages describe. If it makes sense, the Tanner Stages is just an overview of puberty that happens to most people, but the reality is that there are a lot people who will have parts of puberty happen "out of order." What I mean is I have seen plenty of little guys have super deep voices and have hair while there are large guys who have really high pitched voices and do not have a hair on their body except for their heads. My point is that don't worry if your puberty is not exactly according to the Tanner Stages because in the end of the day by senior year everyone catches up and kind of is where they should be.

What you should do is make sure you are eating rightly, staying away from tobacco, drugs, and alcohol, and exercising to keep your body all right.

The reason why I want to know is because, it would be nice to know a rough estimate of how much I have left to grow. :yes:

To be honest, it is really hard for anyone to tell you with certainty on when puberty will end for you and how you will look like when it ends. What I will say is your parents' might be a good guide on what might happen to you though that is not always how you will turn out. Depending on when you started puberty it can take up to six years for the process to complete meaning you can be into your twenties when it is done.

I will say this though: My older brother, (who is 1.5 years older than me), had a deeper voice than me in seventh grade, and shot up while his voice was breaking and cracking and squeaking. He also had some pubic hair growing at the time like me, plus was having some armpit hair too. Maybe he was hairier than normal? He started puberty earlier than I did for sure. :confused:

Yeah, sometimes looking at a sibling of the same gender can be a guide for you, but remember that you both are individuals and that what happened to him may not happen to you. I have seen cases where the older sibling started puberty early and was a hairy beast while the younger guy was a late bloomer and had no hair. Your genetics are unique like you are as a person.

My dad is 6'1.5, and my mom is 5'6. I am currently 5'8. My older brother is 5'10. Can I possibly still shoot up like my brother did earlier, and follow his pattern and have early hair, but still normal growth taller? I am only 2 inches shorter, and I really want to be taller than him, and possibly taller than my dad. :cool:

You can meet or possibly beat your Father in terms of height and size. I am not sure how old you are, but you have plenty of time to grow. Just eat right and stay away from the bad stuff, and you will be all right. Even if you don't beat your Dad you still are a very good height.

Also, just side question, do black people sometimes develop in puberty differently than white people?

People are people, and I am kind of nervous to say that one group has different puberty than the other. With that being said, some groups have different characteristics than others. For example, as a group, some ethnicities are hairier than others while others have people who grow large while others who tend to be small. There are some things are unique about black people such as their hair that white people may not generally have. As a whole white and black people tend to be more or less the same when it comes to puberty, but by virtue of different skin tones (the pigmentation in the skin) there might be slightly different hair patterns among the groups. Again, black and white people are pretty much the same, and puberty is pretty much puberty for people.

Second Chance

November 10th, 2016, 04:44 PM

1. I am 14, and my brother is 16.

There you go, you two are like apples and oranges. What happened to your brother will probably not happen to you and probably not in the same order. Remember, you both are individuals, and you are not his clone. You probably started puberty later than him or around the same time, but the way he started puberty was probably different than you. For example, some guys get hair first and grow tall and then start cumming while others start cumming and then get all the other stuff later. You see, orders can change.

2. I am glad to be able to confirm that orders aren't always to same. That lets me still have some hope.

Yeah, you should have hope because you are only 14, and you are actually pretty average for your age. Honestly, you have plenty of time, and it is not like you are a dwarf by any stretch of the imagination. As long as you can cum, have some hair, and clearly have height, then you are fine. You still have plenty of growth left in you, and I would not worry because you are where you should be. Trust me, orders do not always go the same, and there are plenty of kids in your school who I am sure are a mix up of Tanner stages right now.

3. Even if I were to be in stage 4, could I still grow a couple of inches?

You are only 14, and you have plenty of time to grow. Your Tanner Stage is clearly not going in order, and my guess is that you still have some more height to gain. Puberty is not done with you by any stretch of the imagination.