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What it means when kids walk on their toes

  • Written by Cylie Williams, Adjunct Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash University
imageThere are a number of reasons some children struggle to walk with a flat foot. from www.shutterstock.com.au

This is part of our series on kids' health. Read the other articles in our series here.

When toddlers are learning to walk, many spend some time walking up on their tip toes, which is known as toe walking. Commonly this is to get into things...

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