Can children grow tall if their parents are short?

Tall people, whether male or female, tend to be more confident. You will also have greater advantages in finding a job or studying. With the improvement of people's living conditions, people pay more attention to a reasonable diet to meet the nutritional needs of children in all aspects. So for shorter parents, will genetic genes make their children shorter than normal children? This is something that shorter parents are currently worried about. Next, let’s learn about some ways to make short parents’ children grow taller.

Misconception 1: Thinking that if parents are tall, their children will definitely be tall. A child's final height is the result of the interaction between genetics (30%) and acquired factors. Genetics only determines the child's growth space, but whether it can be fully developed is also affected by many external acquired factors. So if parents are tall, their children will not necessarily be tall.

Misconception 2: If a boy’s voice hasn’t changed and a girl hasn’t had her period, they are not yet developed and there is no need to rush. Voice change and menstruation are signs that a child is entering the post-pubertal stage of development. At this stage, the child's bone growth zone (epiphyseal plate) has begun to close, and the height begins to stop growing.

Misconception 3: Take measures when you reach a certain age and your height stops growing. Many parents think that they should let their children grow naturally first. Even if their children are short, they should wait until the children stop growing before finding a solution! However, parents don’t know that when children stop growing naturally, their epiphyses often begin to close, their height potential is restricted, and the hope of adjustment is very slim.

Bone age is a way to calculate the bone growth cycle. Since the growth conditions reflected by bone age at different stages are different, bone age plays an extremely important role in predicting height. Children with a relatively young bone age (bone age is younger than actual age) develop relatively slowly; conversely, children with a relatively old bone age (bone age is older than actual age) are developing early and have a relatively short bone growth cycle. Both of the above situations will affect the child's height.

Through the above detailed introduction, I believe it will be helpful for some people with short stature. With the continuous progress of today's society, the impact of congenital genetic genes has become smaller and smaller. As long as you pay attention to proper exercise and a reasonable diet on a daily basis, you can make a breakthrough. It is also recommended that children develop the habit of drinking a glass of milk every day from an early age.