Additional reading
If you're interested in reading more about the implications of CRI on your child's growth, and the treatment of growth failure associated with CRI, you may find some of the following books helpful:
Dorothy Briggs. Your Child's Self-Esteem. NY: Doubleday, 1975.
Available in paperback and at public libraries. For parents interested in finding ways to help their children feel good about themselves.
Selma Fraiberg. The Magic Years. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Available in paperback and at public libraries. A classic book on "understanding and handling the problems of early childhood." Although it does not deal with short stature specifically, it is useful in gaining understanding of how young children think, and may help you deal with the problems a young child with a growth disorder can have.
Human Growth Foundation (HGF). Series of booklets designed for parents on the following topics: Short & OK: A Guide for Parents of Short Children; Patterns of Growth; Growth Hormone Deficiency; Growth Hormone Treatment: What to Expect; Turner Syndrome; Achondroplasia; Intrauterine Growth Retardation.
These titles are available from HGF by writing to 997 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545, or by calling 1-800-451-6434.
Kate Phifer. Growing Up Small: A Handbook for Short People. Middlebury, VT: Paul Eriksson, 1979. Available in hardback. "Addresses how parents and others can help children understand, cope with, take advantage of, and maybe even cure short stature."
Kate Phifer. Tall and Small: A Book About Height. NY: Walker and Company, 1987. Available in hardback. A book about normal growth and puberty and variations from the normal pattern of development. Aimed at the middle- and high-school audience; contains tips for handling school and peer problems related to height.
Shel Silverstein. The Missing Piece. NY: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1976.
Available in paperback and at public libraries. This children's book (for all ages) is about a wheel that's missing a piece and how it learns to feel good about itself even though (or because) it is different from other wheels.
Peter Spier. People. NY: Doubleday Publishing, 1980.
Available in paperback and at public libraries. This book for 4- to 8-year-olds helps them learn about differences and similarities among people.
The above list was taken from Growing Children. (Click here for a downloadable copy of Growing Children.) Genentech is not responsible for, and does not necessarily endorse, the opinions or products presented in these publications.
