Chances are you'll be around the same height as your parents. If one parent is tall and one short, then you're likely to end up somewhere in between. But you could be taller or shorter, too. Boy, there are a lot of "buts" when it comes to height! That's because your height is determined by your genes — the complicated code of instructions that you inherit from your parents.
Genes tell your body how to grow and determine lots of things, including how tall you are. But those genes don't make you an exact copy of your mom or dad. Kids only get some of the genes from each of their parents, and parents don't give the same bunch of their genes to each kid. If you have brothers and sisters, you know this is true. Brothers and sisters can look very different even though you have the same parents. Even identical twins can end up being different heights!
You're too short to ride the rides you want to ride at an amusement park. This one is upsetting. You're all ready to board the super-fast roller coaster and the ride operator says you're too small. Sometimes, you will be allowed to ride with an adult, so try to have one handy. You still have to use a booster seat in the car. Though you haven't used a car seat for a long time, older kids are supposed to use a booster seat until they are 4-feetinches tall. The seats are meant to position the seat belt properly in case of a crash.
The more developed the skeleton, the less future growth is expected. The chart shows the correlation between child height at various ages and adult height. At birth, the correlation between birth height or length and adult height is about 0.
This is a fairly weak correlation. By age 4, the correlation is about 0. That is, for boys you can explain about 64 percent of the variation in adult height by knowing height at age 4.
Imagine, for example, that you have a 4-year-old boy who is 3 feet 9 inches tall. The average 4-year-old boy is about 3 feet 6 inches, so your son is taller than average, right around the 90th percentile. I have a four-shelve bookshelf. Teach2inspire-that is a great idea to put the read-alouds on top! All times are GMT The time now is AM. Do not copy, reproduce or transmit. User Name. Thread Tools. Find More Posts by reesespieces. Joined: May Posts: Full Member.
Find More Posts by censandy. Joined: Jul Posts: 13, Senior Member. And while height is determined by a variety of factors— like genetics , nutrition, medical conditions, and sleep—you can generally predict how tall your child will be. For example, a male child with a 5'2" mother and 6'1" father will likely be between 5'7" and 6'1". A daughter with the same parents as above 5'2" mother and 6'1" father will likely be between 5'2" and 5'8". Height perception is influenced by a wide variety of factors, such as culture, gender, family background, and psychological state.
Although parents sometimes worry if their child is the "right" size in comparison to her classmates, the more important question is whether your child is continuing to grow at a normal rate. If your child's doctor suspects a problem—such as a growth rate that had been proceeding normally but has recently flattened—he or she may track your child's measurements carefully over several months to determine whether the growth pattern suggests a possible health problem or is just a variation of normal.
Remember that children whose parents are relatively short will probably find themselves in the lower portions of the growth charts throughout their lives—and vice versa for children of tall parents.
Please don't use feet and inches for children's height. Please use metric measurements of millimetres and centimetres. There is now only one country in the whole world which uses feet and inches. I cannot visualise 5 feet 4 inches. It is meaningless to so many. By Jeannette Moninger, Karin A. Bilich and Nicole Harris Updated December 19, Save Pin FB More. Back of Students Walking Towards School.
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