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Q: Do your students have grey hair?
I've seen a lot of kids in school uniforms with hair going gray, usually around middle school / high school age. I always put it down to their stressful lives. These kids are up all night doing pointless homework, going to extra classes in whatever free time they have, stressing about their pointless weekly tests while their whole extended family and society in general pile still more pressure on them. They don't get to be normal kids or have any kind of life in the part of their lives where their hormones are going mental and they're going through puberty. I can see how it would happen.
But I noticed a boy in my class today had grey hairs. He's about ten years old.
I've met his parents and I really think they're mad, I couldn't imagine living in that family, but to be going grey at that age ... that can't be normal.
What causes this? Stress? Genetics? Both?
Yes, many young people in China have greys same as glasses, so I guess genes, if not stinky dofu.....
Wiki extensive on factors for premature grey hair:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_hair_color#Gray_and_white_hair
In some cases, gray hair may be caused by thyroid deficiencies, Waardenburg syndrome or a vitamin B12 deficiency.[8] At some point in the human life cycle, cells that are located in the base of the hair's follicles slow, and eventually stop producing pigment.[9] Piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, which may cause a congenital white forelock.
- genes:
Several genes appear to be responsible for the process of graying. Bcl2 and Bcl-w[15] were the first two discovered, then in 2016, the IRF4(interferon regulatory factor 4) gene was announced after a study of 6,000 people living in five Latin American countries. However, it found that environmental factors controlled about 70% of cases of hair graying.[16]
-stress (face)
Anecdotes report that stress, both chronic and acute, may induce achromotrichia earlier in individuals than it otherwise would have.[21] Proponents point to survivors of disasters, such as Titanic survivor Harold Bride, or high-level politicians such as Bill Clinton or Barack Obama to support this view. There is some evidence for chronic stress causing premature achromotrichia,[22] but no definite link has been established. It is known that the stress hormone cortisol accumulates in human hair over time, but whether this has any effect on hair color has not yet been resolved.
-malnutrition
Malnutrition is also known to cause hair to become lighter, thinner, and more brittle. Dark hair may turn reddish or blondish due to the decreased production of melanin. The condition is reversible with proper nutrition.
Yes, many young people in China have greys same as glasses, so I guess genes, if not stinky dofu.....
Wiki extensive on factors for premature grey hair:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_hair_color#Gray_and_white_hair
In some cases, gray hair may be caused by thyroid deficiencies, Waardenburg syndrome or a vitamin B12 deficiency.[8] At some point in the human life cycle, cells that are located in the base of the hair's follicles slow, and eventually stop producing pigment.[9] Piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, which may cause a congenital white forelock.
- genes:
Several genes appear to be responsible for the process of graying. Bcl2 and Bcl-w[15] were the first two discovered, then in 2016, the IRF4(interferon regulatory factor 4) gene was announced after a study of 6,000 people living in five Latin American countries. However, it found that environmental factors controlled about 70% of cases of hair graying.[16]
-stress (face)
Anecdotes report that stress, both chronic and acute, may induce achromotrichia earlier in individuals than it otherwise would have.[21] Proponents point to survivors of disasters, such as Titanic survivor Harold Bride, or high-level politicians such as Bill Clinton or Barack Obama to support this view. There is some evidence for chronic stress causing premature achromotrichia,[22] but no definite link has been established. It is known that the stress hormone cortisol accumulates in human hair over time, but whether this has any effect on hair color has not yet been resolved.
-malnutrition
Malnutrition is also known to cause hair to become lighter, thinner, and more brittle. Dark hair may turn reddish or blondish due to the decreased production of melanin. The condition is reversible with proper nutrition.
You'll also find that most of us have them - but our hair colours hide them better.
I would guess, both genes+stress.
Havent yet seen a student, but some adults with grey hair behave like children 
I see more teenagers with gray hair in my class room with every passing year. Most of these students are under a lot stress studying more than 12 hours a day. My heart goes out o them.
I am not sure if it's all about stress?
This could be genetic. My grandma hardly has any grey hair at the age of 80, same as her children.
Some of my students have grey hair, they aren't even working hard.
I don't have any grey hair, but of course, I live happily at bikini bottom and my students are all imaginary.
mostly genes,i have few grey hair, stress is secondary problem,but you can tell the grey hair maybe worthwhile for them. It's quite common children burn the midnight oil.......
