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Anatomy of Three Things

Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about three recent stories from the familyanatomy.com website, including:

Is preschool depression chronic or a phase?
Are imaginary friends a good thing?
What are the possible consequences of parent-teen conflict over privacy?

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The Benefits of Imaginary Friends

Recent research by Australian psychologist Dr. Kidd indicates that children between the ages of four and six quite commonly have imaginary friends. Dr. Kidd indicates that 65% of kids have had a least one imaginary friend in their lives. Dr. Kidd and his colleague Anna Roby investigated kids with and without imaginary friends. Kids deemed [...]

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