Many parents want their children to be “taller”, but how to make them grow taller? How to avoid precocious puberty in children? Many parents are at a loss when it comes to these questions. In the lecture, experts told us a set of data about the awareness of parents in China about dwarfism, and the results are worrying. Seventy-five percent of parents could not provide their child’s current height; 80% of parents could not provide their child’s height one year ago; 75% of parents knew that schools regularly conducted physical examinations, but 60% of them did not know the results or did not take them seriously. Chinese parents are not only unaware of short stature, but also have many misconceptions. Myth 1: “Parents are tall, so their children can’t be short!” With this idea, many parents often ignore their children’s height problems. In fact, height is not only influenced by genetic factors, but also by various acquired diseases, such as growth hormone deficiency and precocious puberty, which can affect a child’s height. Studies show that genetic factors account for about 70% of the impact on height, while acquired factors account for about 30%. Mr. Yang, who came to the lecture, is a typical example. Mr. Yang’s father is 178 cm tall and his mother is 171 cm tall, but he was born in difficult times and often did not have enough to eat, so he is only 165 cm. Having suffered from the “loss” of acquired factors, Mr. Yang paid extra attention to his daughter’s height. When he listened to the lecture, he took notes very carefully, just to make his daughter grow taller. At present, Mr. Yang’s daughter is 13 years old and her height is over 150 cm, which is at an intermediate level. Although the prophecy of “tall is tall, short is short” has some truth, there is still the influence of acquired factors on height, which should be paid attention to. Myth 2: “Children just grow late, that’s how I was!” Seeing that their children are shorter than other children of the same age, some parents think back to their own growth and development as children and often comfort themselves in this way. Experts say that it is possible for children to grow late. Such as delayed somatic puberty, this type of child at birth height and weight are normal, height and bone age coincide, upper and lower volume ratio is also normal. However, these children are short throughout childhood, and their growth remains slow at an age when normal children experience sudden growth spurts. When they reach a certain age, their secondary sexual characteristics mature spontaneously and their length increases suddenly, while their height and bones reach normal. But for each child, parents should not make easy judgments based on their own experience whether it is a late growth or a growth disorder. If a child is slow to develop, he or she should go to a regular hospital for examination to rule out disease; if the best time for treatment is missed, it will be too late to regret when the epiphysis closes. ”If a boy reaches 14-15 years old and a girl reaches 12-13 years old and still does not show obvious sexual signs, you should go to the hospital for examination.” Myth 3: “I don’t know how much money I’ve spent on height enhancement products for the sake of my child’s height!” Short height will affect a person’s schooling, choice of spouse, employment, many parents in this scratching their ears, but choose to buy commercially available health products such as height products to improve the height of children. Some of the so-called health products contain sex hormones, so as to boost the growth of the child after eating these health products, found that they did grow taller, but also feel confident, not knowing that the sex hormones in these health products will prompt the epiphysis to close early, resulting in early development of the child, affecting the final height. Experts emphasize that dwarfism is a disease that should be examined and treated in a regular hospital. How to treat a child with dwarfism? Experts say that the main treatment is for different causes. In addition, if diagnosed with dwarfism, the use of growth hormone is recommended. Clinical use shows that growth hormone is safe and effective.