Self-Awareness of Growing Up with Short Stature Structured Social Care for Children.

Abstract

In this article two short statured young women talk about their particular challenges when growing up. To be short means, you are always the centre of attention with advantages and disadvantages. At the age of 30 years both resumed, it balances itself out. Attention may be positive but is sometimes exhausting and offending to always be the middle of attention. In order to cope with today's achievement-orientated society BKMF e.V. developed for children and adolescents with restricted growth a structured program how to cope with the challenges and barriers of today's life. Exchange of experiences as well as transfer of knowledge gives them support for self-determination in life. Especially for short-statured adolescents, their brothers and sisters, the BKMF e.V. has been holding different seminars giving information on job training, gaining skills as well as recreational activities.