The nurse is planning to talk to a 12½-year-old boy who says, "I am too short! Girls are taller than I am. Guess I won't be playing basketball." What points of information will the nurse share? Select all that apply.
a) "There are a lot of size differences in your age group now because everyone enters puberty and grows at slightly different times than others."
b) "If you know how tall you were at age 3, you can double that and predict fairly well how tall you will get."
c) "You are at the age now when most boys begin their growth spurt and grow very rapidly."
d) "Girls begin to grow rapidly at a younger age than boys do. Boys start later and grow longer."
e) "You can't control when and how much you will grow. Basketball can use some really fast guards."
f) "You could add as much as 12 inches to your height before you stop growing."
Answer:
• "There are a lot of size differences in your age group now because everyone enters puberty and grows at slightly different times than others."
• "Girls begin to grow rapidly at a younger age than boys do. Boys start later and grow longer."
• "You could add as much as 12 inches to your height before you stop growing."