Object: A piece of cardboard about six feet tall, a felt-tip marker, and a ruler.

Lesson: Children grow at different rates, but no matter what their size, God loves them.

We all grow differently, when we’re children. Some grow faster than others. That doesn’t mean that fast growers are better or that slow growers are better. It just means that children grow differently.

To show you that children grow differently, I’ve brought this tall piece of …