Show Watch Childs Child's Posture to Avoid Later Illness When the thc child Is old enough to sit stand or walk alone we must continue to be on our guard n against the formation of ot faulty habits In the line use of ot his body y Poor posture and weak muscles will follow If he Inc docs does not bear his weight evenly on his feet if he ho does not hold his nis feet In n a n parallel position rather than toeing out if It his ankles sag inward In- In ward or It if be he walks on the inside of ot his foot toot A child will not have a straight spine If he sits crookedly or sits habitually on one foot If It his clothing pulls heavily or unevenly unC on tine the shoulders ers or If he Is Ig made madeo to o use adult furniture which docs does not fit his Inks hotly body A 4 child ma may have ha one shoulder higher than the other one shoulder shoulderblade shoulderblade blade on a different level from the theother theother other a n hollow back and a tInt lint chest and yet his mother may not be conscious that ho be Is anything thin but 1 the perfect specimen she would like J him to be bel I Those of us who lio do o health examinations ns can see this demonstrated dally Mothers do not see it because they have havo not been t i taught to look for Cor It They hey see their children through a ros rosy glow of ot mother love which can be ue almost i blind Train yourself to look at your child when he Is undressed for his bath bath really really look at nt him cultivate 1 vate a seeing eye Note whether he uses both sides of ot his body equally well and see sec whether he lie Is s symmetrically sym sym- metrically formed or not Dr Dr Josephine Josephine Jose Jose- phine U H. H Kenyon in Good House House- c keeping |