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Is Your Child Walking Right?
by Andrew Chong, M.D.

A Book for Every Parent
In-toeing, out-toeing, flatfeet, knock-knees, bowlegs, toe-walking, sudden refusal to walk: these afflictions of childhood are so common that together, they affect all children at some time during their growth and development.

Pediatricians, orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists, grandmothers, and shoe salesmen all have strong opinions, yet all are so conflicting! Advice ranges from doing nothing, to shoes, to braces, and even to having surgery! The myths surrounding these conditions even cause professionals to be confused. What is a parent to do?

Here is a parent's guide to little feet. Written by a Harvard-trained pediatric orthopedic surgeon in simple conversational style, it will help parents gain new insights into the whole spectrum of foot and walking disorders in childhood. A unique chapter on shoes shows parents how to save money while buying good shoes for their children.

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"Sound, simply and elegantly written, and give parents an understanding of their children's feet which should help them make intelligent decisions. I like this book very much."

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
Chief, Division of Child Development
The Children's Hospital, Boston

"A very understandable, logical approach to a very common group of problems... all parents should read this book."

Robert K. Rosenthal, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School

"I enjoyed reading Is Your Child Walking Right. It should serve an important and useful purpose, particularly to parents and nonorthopedic professionals. I found it to be clear and easily understood."

William Berenberg, M.D
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Is Your Child Walking Right? by Andrew Chong, M.D.
95 pp., 45 illust., Fifth Printing, 1997.

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