How can I get taller?

-I am 12. I know I have a lot more time to grow but I am tired of being made fun of for my height. I am not going to take any growth hormones so yeah. What can I do? Drink milk? Stretch? My mom is 5'4 my dad is 6,2 and I am 5'0 how tall do you think I will be?Hi! Awww. I know it sucks to be in school right now. When I was 12 my school's national past time was making fun of how flat-chested I was. I was "pancake chest girl" for four years. Trust me. I had the last laugh now. :-) I know it's not nice, but after 15 years they all look like bloated baby beluga whales with frizzy hair!



Well, genetics are a funny thing. My mom is 5'2" and my dad 6'2". However, you never mentioned if you're a boy or a girl. I have an only brother and he actually came out to be 6'3". Taller than my dad! :-) Right now I'm the tallest of the girls. I'm 5"4' and my sister is 5'0" and we both are in our thirties. However, we have a 14-year old sister who we believe is gonna' be taller than us girls! Just be proud that you have all your arms, legs, fingers and toes and that you are able to walk. There are many people who are of athletic height or supermodel height but are unable to walk. They may still have a great quality of life, but nothing beats walking and running!



If you are still bothered, you can go to an endocrinologist to see if everything is biologically fine and that your pituitary gland is functioning just right. However, I just think you should let time take it's course. Eat and drink healthy. Stay away from large amounts of caffeine. Certain foods can slow down natural producing growth hormones. Oh, and try Yoga. It should be a healthy way of stretching limbs! :-)



Wish you the best. Oh and one more thing. You said you were 12? Just be careful of who you chat with on the Internet. There not a lot of nice people out there. Be safe!I'm very short too, well, usually being tall is in your gene's, but you can help it a bit by being very healthy. I also heard that eating vegetables would help. Drinking milk and doing healthy stretches might work too ;), so eat healthy, not a lot of sweets, drink a lot of milk, exercise and stretch daily, and hopefully that will help, good luck ;)
dont do anything anyone tells you will suddenly make you tall. that will just get you hurt. eat uer vegtibles and wait 5 ft for 12 isnt short you will natraly have a growth spirt soon and grow a foot in a year i bet.
If you want to be taller hang upside down from the pull up bars or something similar. I did that and I ended up being 6'2"
I did pilattes for a week and grew an inch. Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits and take vitamins.