The most important forces
that cause growth lie inside a living thing from the beginning. These forces
are called its heredity. The human body has stages of growth: embryo and
foetus, infant, child, youth, mature adult and old age. People’s bodies grow
faster in the early weeks of life than at any other time. Even before the end
of the first year, they are growing less rapidly. Through the whole period of
childhood, they grow at a moderate rate. Then growth starts to speed up again. All
human beings are much alike in their growth. But there are important differences.
Boys and girls all follow the same general pathway of growth, but each one
follows it in his own way.
Fact: [From the Internet] The bones of a baby’s head are not fully fused at
birth, making the skull flexible enough to pass through the mother’s birth
canal. The bones eventually join, but a gap in the skull, called the
fontanelle, may not close up for several months.
Lord, Give
Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)
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