Growing up, I was almost always the shortest in my class. And honestly, it used to really bother me. Why, you ask? Stupidly enough, being short sometimes makes you a pretty easy target for other kids to pick on you. Therefore, being short as a little kid made me pretty self-conscious.Nowadays, I embrace my shortness. Neither of my parents are very tall (my mom is 4'11" and a half and is damn proud of it, and my dad is 5'6" or so). I know now that it's not something I can change. I'm proud of who I am and where I've come from. Being short can be a great thing...you just have to make it so! Embrace the shorty in you. If you're a fellow shorty, there are more advantages to your height than you might think.

• You have more leg room in the car and on the plane. You can comfortably stretch your tiny legs out in the area in front of your seat without any issues.
• People often think you are younger than you really are. Sure, it might suck now at times getting carded constantly at the bar for not looking like you're 21, or having to prove to the skeptics that you really are in college, but when you're older you will absolutely love it! My mom always tells me that she gets told she looks so much younger than all of her other friends, and she loves it.
• This one's for the girls: you basically never have to worry about being taller than your date. This one's pretty self-explanatory. 
• You never have to worry about hitting your head on things. In other words, you undergo less injuries than a person of average height.
• You can always get your clothes hemmed, and clothes and shoes might be cheaper. Think about this: you can hem pants that are too long on a short person, but you can't alter pants that are too short on a tall person. Also, if you happen to have a small torso and a small shoe size, you may even be able to wear clothes from the petite section and get shoes from the kid's section (cheaper prices, yay!). 
• You can fit comfortably on beds and sofas. Seriously, how do tall people manage when their legs hang off of a bed or the couch?
• And apparently, shorter people live longer lives and have fewer health issues, according to evidence.