Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

If its parents are each two inches taller than the averages for men and women , then , on average , the offspring will be shorter than its parents by some factor ( which , today , we would call one minus the regression coefficient ) times two inches .
If its parents are each two inches taller than the averages for men and women , on average , the child will be shorter than its parents by some factor times two inches .