The Parent of a School­age Child Is Concerned That the Child

The parent of a school­age child is concerned that the child is going to be
short like both parents and worries that he will have difficulty in school if he can't participate in a variety of sports. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner do to counsel this parent?

A) Encourage the child to engage in regular physical activity.
B) Overlook his or her own feelings about this physical characteristic.
C) Point out the accomplishments of other short people.
D) Steer the child into other activities at school.