REMEMBER when your mother used to tell you it was rude to stare at people who looked different?

Well, someone else's mother is saying the same thing in today's paper.

Amanda Jones' daughter Kayleigh is five stone over the normal weight for a four-year-old

It's not Kayleigh's fault - she suffers from a rare genetic disorder which means she never feels full.

But that doesn't stop the whispers and finger-pointing from passers-by whenever she's out in public.

Now Amanda is at her wits' end and wants this hurtful behaviour to stop.

"Underneath she is a normal little girl with a heart of gold," she says on Page 2 today.

No one who reads of Kayleigh's plight can help but sympathise.

And that's the key to the problem - once you know the facts, you understand.

It's ignorance that leads to the unkind comments.

Kayleigh is bound to have a tougher time than most youngsters as she grows up.

When she starts school, as she will soon, her new classmates are bound to look askance at her.

But hopefully, when the situation is explained to them, they'll treat her as just another child.

Amanda can't hang a sign around Kayleigh's neck saying telling everyone else the same thing.

But now Worcester News readers know the truth.

So next time you're out in the city and see a toddler who's a little larger than others, don't stare.

Your mother was right.