Hello everyone, I am Amy's mom~
As children grow up day by day, many parents will pay attention to their children's height issues, pay attention to whether their children's height is taller or shorter among their peers.
Once you find that your child is shorter than your peers, you will be more anxious and worried, especially when your parents are not tall. When you see that your child is shorter, you will even think that the child’s height is not tall in the future due to heredity.
This is true for a friend. Her husband is of medium height, but she is short. Her son is 10 years old and his height is in the middle and lower reaches among his peers. Because of this, she is very worried and always feels that her son's height must be affected by his height.
At the same time, my friend's mother-in-law always insinuated that her grandson was not tall because she followed her mother's height. The old lady was worried that her grandson would not grow taller and would not get married in the future.
1. Is the child’s height following his father or mother? The answer is different from what you think.
says: "Boys follow their mothers, and girls follow their fathers." Does this statement also apply to the height of the child? The answer is no.
Many parents believe that the height of their children is entirely determined by their parents' height. In fact, the height of their children is not fixed, whether they follow their father or mother. It can only be said that most of them are inherited from their parents' height, and their acquired efforts also account for a certain proportion.
The neighbor couple is both of medium height, and their daughter has always been tall among her peers. I remember that her daughter has been taller since she was a child, so when she was 10 years old, she was the tallest in their class.
is very common. Parents are of medium height, but the children are very tall. This is related to the children's nutrition getting better and better, and it is also directly related to parents' letting their children exercise more the day after tomorrow.
In fact, there are two peak periods for children's growth and development :
The first peak period is infancy: is from birth to 3 years old. The first year of the child's birth, the height growth rate is the fastest, with an average growth of about 20 to 25 cm; when the age of 1 to 3 years old, the average growth is about 8 to 10 cm per year.
Therefore, generally, the height of a child is about 75 cm when he is one year old, about 85 cm when he is two years old, and about 95 cm when he is three years old; after he is three years old, the growth rate gradually decreases, increasing by about 5 to 7 cm every year.
The second peak period is puberty: The second peak period is puberty. Girls usually start to enter puberty from the age of 9-11, 2 years earlier than boys. The height during adolescence increases by 6-8 cm every year, and a few people can grow up to 10-12 cm faster.
Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children's dietary nutrition during the peak period of their children's growth and development, especially when their children enter the second peak period of puberty. If parents do it well, it will help their children grow taller.
says this because when the child enters the second peak of growth and development, he will experience a "bone-turning stage" , and the "bone-turning stage" refers to the second developmental period of adolescents. At this time, the child's bones and other aspects are in a prosperous period. If you grasp the height of the teenager, you can jump again.
So, The height of a child cannot be simply said to follow the father or the mother. Although the gene plays a great decisive role, acquired nutritional supplements and exercise are also very necessary.
Although the gene can no longer be changed and is determined innately, acquired nutrition and exercise can play a great role.
2. If you want your child to grow taller, parents can start from the following three aspects
Exercise has many benefits for their children's growth and development. Parents can only stimulate their children's bone growth if they want their children to grow taller. Parents want to get taller can start from the following three aspects:
① Choose the right sports
Exercise helps children grow taller. Below is a few sports that are very suitable for their children. These sports not only save money, but also do not require much space and do not take up too much time.
skipping rope : skipping rope is an ordinary sport, but skipping rope can increase muscle strength, muscle tissue will stimulate bones, increase the activity of osteoblasts, thereby helping children grow taller.
Jumping rope is a classic jumping sport. When jumping and landing, the weight of the body will put moderate pressure on the bones of the lower limbs and stimulate the bones, thereby promoting bone enhancement and bone growth.
Long Jump and playing basketball: Long Jump is also a bounce event, which requires the power of the lower limbs to jump further; similarly, playing basketball not only allows children to run, but also requires exercise of bounce strength when pitching, which also helps children grow taller.
In addition to the above sports, swimming, playing badminton, pull-up and other sports are all conducive to children's growth.
② Pay attention to balanced diet and nutrition
Medical nutrition is a key factor in children's growth. Many parents attach more importance to their children's nutritional combination of food. Usually, supplement your child with more calcium foods, trace elements and mineral elements, so as to provide enough nutrition for your child's growth.
It is necessary to let the child eat a regular diet, so that the child can supplement some milk, nuts, bone soup, fish, beef and other foods.
A reasonable diet is the basis for growing taller. Overnutrition and insufficient nutrition are not conducive to growth and development. Don’t let children lose weight through diet. If you feel that you have eaten too much and want to "lose weight", you can actually strengthen the exercise part instead of not eating.
③ Try to ensure sufficient sleep time
Children's height growth mainly relies on the secretion of growth hormone , and the secretion of growth hormone is mainly during deep sleep at night, so letting children try to fall asleep as early as possible at night, which is conducive to the secretion of growth hormone in children and is helpful for growing taller.
But the child who is in the second growth and development stage is at the age of adolescence and has heavy learning tasks, so it is difficult to guarantee the sleep time every day.
At this time, you must find a way to improve your learning efficiency, arrange your time reasonably, and develop the good habit of lunch break. It is best to fall asleep before 10 o'clock in the evening, so as to ensure the energy of the next day.
In short, sleeping at night mainly causes the body to secrete a growth hormone, which is mainly secreted in the middle of the night when people enter the deep sleep period.
If the child sleeps around 9 o'clock, the stage between 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock in the morning will enter a deep sleep period. At this time, the body's growth hormone secretion will easily reach its peak, and the child will grow fast.
3. Conclusion
Generally speaking, a child's height has a certain relationship with genetic factors. If parents are tall, the child will grow taller. It cannot be simply attributed to whether the child's height follows the father or the mother.
Environmental factors are also very important for children's growth. A reasonable diet, adequate sleep, proper outdoor physical exercise and good mood are of great help to children's growth.
Children of every age have qualitative growth characteristics. After parents understand these characteristics, grasp the two golden periods of their children's growth, let their children exercise more and pay attention to nutrition, which is the most correct choice.
Your child’s height is as good as his father or mother?
