Pay attention to your child’s height! The eternal pain of parents with short children According to the survey, the prevalence of short children accounts for 3.27% of the children aged 6-18 years, and more than 90% of the affected children have different psychological disorders such as low self-esteem and depression, and the defect of their stature also directly affects their further education, employment and marriage. Children with short stature are getting more and more attention from parents and society. Parents should keep an eye on their children’s height growth throughout the developmental period. If parents find that their children are half a head lower than their peers before the age of 6 and one head lower than their peers between the ages of 7 and 18, they should promptly undergo relevant tests to understand their children’s growth potential and the reasons that affect their height growth, so that timely intervention can be given. How to determine the child’s short height Parents can compare the child height comparison table, or in the class ranking in the bottom three short children, or pre-puberty annual height growth of less than 5 cm children, should draw the attention of parents, should promptly go to the hospital examination and consultation.