BORN DURING THE WAR
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS TO BE EXAMINED.
I (ONDON, December 1
The history of the war-time baby is to bo documented over the next four years by a number of educational authorities. It is hoped to learn from these records how children horn d.uring.rtlje four war years develop, and what success they attain in the world. Will they provide outstanding successes or dismal failures? Will they form a class apart? Observations already made reveal that, in general, war babies, particularly if their fathers were in the fighting .services, are taller and' stronger than .post-war children, though roughly 20 per cent, of them, at the age of 10, have defective vision, and have to wear glasses.
The average war baby has been good at lessons, attaining a higher standard of scholarship than children ■aged four to eight during the war, and yielding better results in psychological tests for capacity than childien bora after the war.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 2
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156BORN DURING THE WAR Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 2
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