Why do boys get taller?

On average boys are taller, but there are a couple years that girls are taller than boys usually between the ages of 12-14. ...

Because girls start growing before boys, but when the boys do grow they usually grow taller. ...

On average, by 8th grade boys are taller than girls.

On average, boys are taller than girls although some girls may be taller than guys. ...

boys are generally taller. sorry! Angelina fang Wolfe

Because girls mature faster than boys, they have their growth spurt before boys do, but they catch up. ...

No, this is a myth. Some boys do start puberty later than others, but there is no guarantee they will be taller. ...

generally girls grow taller earlier and then when boys turn about 14 to 17, they get taller ...

preferably a boy that's taller than the girl TRUE I agree! I like boys taller than me. But it depends on what the girls like. ...

Males are on average taller than females at all ages. If the girls in your class, school, or group happen to be taller than the boys, then your group is simply removed from the norm. ...

At a young age--say 6 to 9-- girls are taller as kids grow. But when they get a little older, such as 13 and up, boys become taller than girls. The tallest human ever was a boy. ...

Sean is the taller of the two boys?

about even but girls are taller at age 12 or 13

Girls are taller in 6th to 8th grade.

No. The average man is taller than the average woman. At some ages, females are, on average, taller than males. ...

Usually Men and boys, but sometimes girls have really tall in their jeans. ...

Grammitically correct, it can be either. The first is a statement that He meaning a person, is one of the tallest boys in the class. Period. The second is a question, as if saying, IS he one of the taller boys in the class? Grammitically correct, it can be either. The first is a statement that He meaning a person, is one of the tallest boys in the class. Period. The second is a question, as if saying, IS he one...

Well some do and some don't

Princeton is the tallest and the group.

Adult men are, on average, 13 cm taller than adult women. However, boys start growing later than girls. Once boys do start growing, they grow faster than the girls do. So, between the ages of 8 and 14, girls are often taller than boys, but most boys catch up by the time they are 20 years old. ...

Well, height completely depends on the Growth Hormone. But on an average, girls appear taller than boys during the early years because girls mature fast and then stop growing. At 8 years, girls are taller than boys on an average. ...

Yes, as a group, males are taller than females. Of course, this is not always true for individuals of the same age. The girl may be taller. ...

One simple word: Testosterone. Testosterone gives males extra HGH. And it would be kinda weird if girls were taller than boys, just saying. ...

Young girls will usually be taller than young boys because they mature before boys do. But once a boy begins to mature, he'll likely grow much taller than a girl. Most men are taller than women at their respective ages of maturity. However, it is not uncommon for a man to be short or for a woman to be tall. But some times boys think the will grow be for girls. Some boys think that they are not going to grow...

Why in the world does height matter at one first of all, but anyway girls appear taller than boys early on because they mature and stop growing before boys. ...