Short Parents= Short kids??
- 11-22-2007, 09:45 AM #9Banned
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I agree with Jools there are alot more things that are worse than being short. I am 5.8 and my husband is 6.1 but our son is very short compared to all the kids as he was born very small and the dr says he wont be as tall as. but we dont care as long as he is healthy we are more than happy and I feel living in HK he will probably find clothes better being short
So just relax and 1st have a child and then worry about other things.
Bets of luck
- 11-22-2007, 11:11 AM #10Registered User
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A general formula for working out how tall a child will be (even before the child is conceived) is:
girls = average height of mother and father
boys = average height of mother and father plus 6 inches.
Also remember the statistical theory of returning to the norm. This means that if you have two short parents the child is likely to be taller than them (nearer the average height) and if you have two tall parents then the child is likely to be shorter than them (again nearer the average height).
- 11-23-2007, 11:39 PM #11Registered User
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no heart feelings whatsoever,, actually ur not very far from the truth, as a child my diet wasnt really what u may consider as a healthy diet, i was a bit chubby as a kid and i only started to lose weight basically after i reached 18. Well,u mentioned Yau ming, but u could also hv mentioned about Michael Jordan, in case you don't know he is the only male of the Jordan's family that had ever reached six feet.
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