CHAPTER Vin 



THE SCHOOL CHHO 



The child of school age enters into a long 

 period which should be one of healthy growth. 

 It includes the time from six years to and 

 through adolescence. To be healthy, a child 

 must grow both in height and weight, but this 

 does not usually take place in a steady and 

 uninterrupted manner, but rather in cycles that 

 may be longer or shorter. 



The two principal periods of acceleration of 

 growth occur during the second dentition, or 

 when the permanent teeth begin to be cut, and 

 at the beginning of adolescence. This roughly 

 corresponds, first, with the period from six to 

 nine years in boys and girls, and, second, from 

 eleven to thirteen in girls and from fourteen 

 to sixteen in boys. This cycle of increase in 

 height should precede and soon be followed 

 by an increase in weight. In boys there is apt 



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