Show The Family Scrapbook j By Dr Ernest G. G Osborne Ten year year old Johnny was a aull full ull head shorter than most of his friends And how he hated to be caned called Shorty In all sorts of ways he showed how upset he lie was about his size Part of the time he sulked for forno forno forno no apparent reason And most of the time lime he had a chip on his shoulder Its It's very important to a boy boyto boyto boyto to be he at least average size Naturally not every boy can be With Vilh understanding and without being too blatant about it we can help our small small- statu red boys recognize that size isn't everything Care in innot innot innot not making comments about height is important Encouragement Encourage Encourage- ment to take part in athletic activities where size is relatively relatively rela rela- unimportant is another good idea In these cases in which the youngster is shorter than his fellows it may be worth while consulting a good doctor Sometimes Sometimes' the very short boy hoy has some glandular deficiency that can be tak care of if the doctor is co c suited early enough Of O CO COUr r rne nothing along this line linc ne be done shot sho o without the car supervision o of a physician 0 |