The author | Dong Lin Fu
The height of the child is a topic of concern for many parents, and parents hope that their children will grow taller, tall and handsome, and have more advantages in employment and marriage.
Overall, the genetic factor of children's height accounts for 70%.
There is also a folk saying: "Daddy is a litter, niang is a nest", which means that the height of the child is mainly inherited from the father, if the father is short, there may be a few children who are not tall because of nutrition and other acquired factors, but if the mother grows short, almost all the children in the family will be short.
Does this make sense?
1. Is the height of the child really only determined by the height of the father?
There is no shortage of examples in our lives where our parents are tall and the children are also tall, such as the Yao Ming family, Yao Ming is 2 meters tall and 26 meters tall, ordinary people standing next to him, instantly become "dwarfs".
Yao Ming's wife Ye Li is 1 meter 9 tall, which is definitely an unattainable height among women.
Yao Ming and Ye Li's daughter is only 11 years old and is about 1 meter 8, which has to make people sigh at the strength of genes.
But if the height of a child is only determined by the father, I think it is not very reliable.
We often see such a phenomenon in our daily lives, the child's father is about 1 meter 7 medium, the child's mother is about 1 meter 6, but the son's height has grown to 1 meter 8.
There is also this phenomenon, such as my father and my four uncles, three of them are about 1 meter 7, two are 1 meter 8 tall, the same is my grandfather's big tall son, there are tall children, there are also slightly shorter children, and my grandmother 1 meter 57, not tall, therefore, it is obvious that the height of the child's genetic parents is almost equal, and there is not much of a law that the height of the child is only determined by the father.
2. The height of the child will generally be affected by genetic factors, sleep, diet and nutrition, exercise, mood and other comprehensive factors.
In addition to the genetic factors of the child's height accounted for 70%, the acquired factor accounted for 30%, which is obviously reflected in the post-00s, with the improvement of living conditions, the average height of the child now is much higher than the height of the previous children who lack food and wear years.
Adequate sleep, balanced, reasonable, and nutritious diet is of great benefit to children's growth.
Proper exercise also helps children grow tall, like some stretching exercises, such as playing badminton, jumping rope, swimming, etc., are conducive to children grow tall.
Emotions will also affect the secretion of children's growth hormone, here is a special reminder to the parents of middle school students, the child is in the adolescent rebellion period, academic pressure, it is also the time to grow tall, parents try to reduce the pressure on the child, do not let the child's mood is too low depression, which is not only not conducive to the child's learning, but also not conducive to the child's growth and physical development.
It is necessary to learn to regulate the child's emotions, let the child learn and live happily, and let the child's academic and physical development be well developed.
3. Is the child's body shape really only genetic to the mother?
I don't quite agree with that. Because the body shape is more affected by the day after tomorrow, the same person, before weight loss and after weight loss body shape can be judged by two people.
For example, Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia's daughter Zheng Xinyi, before losing weight, was chubby and cute, and her figure was very similar to her mother Shen Dianxia.
After losing weight, Zheng Xinyi is slim and beautiful, and looks like her father's tall and thin figure. The same person, before and after weight loss, the body shape changes too much. Of course, Zheng Xinyi is now fat and back a lot, which may be directly related to self-figure management.
In life, we will also find that the child's appearance and figure follow the father or the mother, it seems to be random.
Or most children are parents whose genes play a role. For example, my daughter, like me, is more, but her face shape, figure and many other places are very similar to her father.
4. The child's height and figure are largely affected by the efforts of the day after tomorrow.
I have seen such a mother, she is my former neighbor called Xiaojun, when her daughter was in the second grade of primary school, Xiaojun is thin and tall and slender, and Xiaojun's daughter Lele is very fat and shorter than her peers.
Xiaojun especially despised her daughter Lele, and roared at the child every day: "Eat, you see you are fat like a pig!" "Don't sleep, just sleep stupidly!" "Every day I know crazy play, fat and ugly, hurry up and write homework!"
Once I really couldn't stand it, I said Xiaojun I want to talk to you about my heart and talk about your daughter.
I told Xiaojun that no matter how tall, fat, and thin, the child is your own flesh and blood, and you have the responsibility to love her and help her. If you scold the child like this, it will cause irreversible damage to the child's psychology, and the mother hates her, who else can she believe?
The parent-child relationship between the child and you will also become weak in your prejudices.
The child grows fat, you can adjust her diet structure, don't try to save her every day to buy fried chicken burgers and drink Coke, you also learn how to cook for your children, so that your children can eat healthy and nutritious.
You also have to find a way to accompany your child to exercise more, and the child will naturally lose weight.
It is not good for children to sleep more, it is conducive to children's long bodies and brains, and you do not need to shout because children sleep for a while.
In short, I was not polite, and I said all the words that had been holding back in my heart for a long time.
Fortunately, Xiaojun recognized me more, humbly accepted my opinion, and slowly she also changed a lot of ways of getting along with her daughter Lele, Xiaojun began to personally cook for the child, take the child to swim, it took about a year, Lele grew taller, became thinner, became healthier, the academic performance also improved, Xiaojun's mood was also better, many years passed, and later because of the move, I broke off contact with the Xiaojun family.
Therefore, for the height and body shape of the child, the acquired factor is also very important, as a parent, let the child develop a good schedule, give the child sufficient nutritional conditions, let the child develop good living habits and hobbies, etc., are conducive to the child to grow tall and maintain a good body shape.