I'm short, my parents are short and they want me to be tall but I'm not. I'm a 14 year old girl and I'm 5"0, my mom is 5"0.5 and my dad is 5"8. They keep telling me its bad to be short every single day of my life, every week they measure my height with a measuring tape and when the see no improvement they get furious. They said its bad to be short because you can't reach for things that are high and keep telling me that tall people look good in clothes like models on runways and short people don't. They yell at me for being short but I can't help it!

Every year at school we take class photos and short people sit on a bench, medium height people stand on the floor, tall people stand on a bench. Of course I am at the very bottom because I am the shortest kid in the class each year. I am almost a head shorter than the second shortest person who is 5"4. I am extremely scared, I panic, my heart beats so loudly as I am about to show my parents the class picture. I even cry on the day we get it because I know if my parents see me on the bottom row in the picture they ground me just for being one of the shortest kids. It happens every year as I am again on the bottom row for being short.

This fall, I will be entering high school. And because its high school they want me to grow 2 inches this summer! I don't know how I can do that! And if I don't I will get a huge consequence that they haven't told me what it is but I know its going to be bad. I am overly beyond scared. I already drink 5 glasses of milk a day. I get at least an hour of exercise a day but it doesn't seem to help. I'm still not improving in height as my parents continue to measure my height each weekend. So I wanted to know is there a way where I can grow really fast?

Simple answer... NO.

As long as you aren't malnourished... how fast you grow or how much you grow is a matter of genetics... and you can't PUSH anyone to grow any faster. Its not something anyone has any control over.

They're short and they yell at you for being short?

Next time they yell, say "When you figure out how to be taller, and it works for you, then you share that secret, tell me, I'll do what you say, and then if I don't grow you can yell. Until then, Shut up!"

Seriously? They're both short and they expect their child to be tall. It's called genetics. Most people with half a brain know that when you have a child, if you're both short, that child will also be short.

Your parents are idiots.

Your parents have an intelligence problem. They lack it. You have no control over your growth. Maybe you should speak to someone at your school about the foolishness and abuse your parents are putting you through.

Personally I don't believe that your parents are upset because you aren't tall. I believe this is a figment of your imagination. If your parents had any intelligence at all they would know that height is related to genetics.

I have seen house plants that are smarter than your parents. There is nothing you can do about your height. If it's so easy to control then why are they short too? Abusing you over this is terrible. They are morons.

Ask your parents to take you to the doctor so that the doctor can explain to them how growth works. Or ask at the library for books on child and adolescent development... find the sections that relate to growth and height for them to read. If those things aren't possible. Speak to the guidance counselor when school starts again and discuss it;ask for information to give to your parents.

In the meantime, find information online, print it out and give it to them to read. They are sadly misinformed, so you can help them learn.

If your parents are really doing this have them read this..

They are stupid... period.. a person can not control the growth.. The DNA you got from them, decides your height... There is nothing you or them can do...

You can not tell them,, but I can,, they need to grow "smart" since telling you to grow, is stupid.