Myth 1: Children’s height is determined by genetics Genetics is a double-edged sword; children with short parents can grow tall; children with tall parents can also grow short. Experts point out that genetics only accounts for 23% of the factors that affect a child’s height, and that through later intervention, girls can grow an additional 14-20 cm and boys can grow 6-24 cm. Misconception two: the size is not long is not the time Many parents think that children do not grow, is not the time, think that first let the child grow naturally, until the child does not grow and then think of ways! But parents don’t know: when children don’t grow naturally, their epiphyses often begin to close and their height potential is already constrained. The chances of further treatment are already very slim! Myth 3: Short is not a disease, does not affect the health of the treatment of dwarfism, affect it has many factors, mainly by nutritional imbalance, sleep deprivation, genetic factors. If a child’s annual height growth is less than 5 cm, parents should pay attention to it and go to a regular hospital for consultation in time. Myth 4: My child is healthy, how can he or she get the so-called dwarfism? Dwarfism is not far away, the prevalence of dwarfism reaches 3%, which means that the shortest 3 children in the class of 100 may suffer from dwarfism. However, with today’s science, dwarfism is easy to detect and treat, and as long as the epiphysis is not closed, the child can be treated and realize the dream of growing taller. Myth 5: Blindly use height increasing products There are a variety of height increasing drugs on the market, growth foods containing sex hormones, etc., which, while “boosting” the child’s growth in the short term, also cause the bone age to develop early and the epiphysis to close early, resulting in shorter growth time and shorter height.