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I'm probably way too late, but just in case you comeback to check more questions later - The other day when picking my husband up from the airport, with my two kids, age 8 and 5, there were a pair of ladies at the baggage claim who were dwarfs. My son, being 5, points and makes some comment about 'whoa! They're small' or something. I went to explain dwarfism as much as I thought a 5yr old could grasp, but my husband just cut in and hushed him, telling him basically not to point or say anything.

How would you (or anyone else with Dwarfism, reading this) actually prefer something like this be handled?

I feel like the whole 'don't point and stare, and be quiet' route just leaves the impression that there's something 'wrong' or 'off' and I don't want that.

Just wonder what insight you have into how you think introducing a young child to the idea of dwarfism could best be done?

Thanks!

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