Children’s nails are short and wide, may be due to bad habits, lack of mineral elements, congenital heredity and other reasons, can be taken to correct the child’s bad habits, supplementation of mineral elements and other methods to alleviate. 1. Bad habits: If it is caused by bad habits, such as children often chewing nails, parents should help their children to correct this bad habit, after a period of time, the nails will grow out. 2. Lack of mineral elements: nails are generally composed of calcium and protein, if the child exists in the case of calcium deficiency, may have a certain impact on the growth of nails, which leads to the baby nails wide, short. Parents can give children appropriate supplement soy, milk and other calcium-rich food, is conducive to alleviate the related symptoms. 3. Heredity: If the child’s parents have wide and short nails, it may cause the phenomenon of wide and short nails in the child, which usually does not have an impact on life. Parents can trim their children’s nails regularly and keep them hygienic. If the child’s nails are wide and short, not due to genetic factors, and through the above methods failed to improve, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor, to clarify the cause of the disease, the line targeted treatment or treatment.