Can children stretching exercises grow taller? Children’s height is actually affected by a variety of factors, commonly the child’s diet, vitamin supplementation, athletic ability, whether they are usually prone to illness, the impact of the endocrine system, genetic factors, environmental factors and many other aspects. Stretching exercises do have a good effect on the baby’s height growth, such as playing basketball, high jump, long jump, jump rope, like these jumping exercises, theoretically it helps children’s height increase. But this is not the main thing, you need to combine the child’s height and many other factors to make a comprehensive judgment. If the child’s height has already reached the level of short, simply relying on stretching exercises will not help him to finally reach the ideal height.