Show The Family Scrap Scrapbook Scrapbook- book By DR E E. E G. G OSBORNE I Children develop differently Of course you say everyone knows that II But do we really Witness how many parents are worried if the baby isn't beginning to walk and talk by the time he heis heis heis is a year old They are disturbed disturbed disturbed dis dis- dis- dis because other youngsters of the same age are running around like mad or are talking a blue streak Usually of course it only seems that way by comparison comparison comparison com com- parison Not infrequently chil- chil I dren are drilled over and over again to try tf to speed their de de- de- de They even may be scolded Yes its it's hard to see another's child excel our own But children do differ The fact that Timmy doesn't walk until he is 18 IS months or that Irene didn't talk until she was two usually means very little They are just different The normal range in months for the beginning of such activities is s considerable Some youngsters begin to walk and talk at 11 months Some are hardly under underway underway underway way by two years The best thing to do is to relax as much as possible and realize that your young un will begin to develop along walking talking and other lines when h his s muscles and nerves are ready for these tasks |