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Stuffed Animals May Ease War-Related Stress in Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: help, nurture, stuffed toy, animal, children, health, caring, tel aviv, lebanon, war, stress, trauma, stress, research, israel, avi sadeh, university, hezbollah )

Cissy
- 717 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Caring for a stuffed animal appears to alleviate stress signs in young children exposed to traumatic or stressful life events, Israeli researchers report. "Shifting attention from oneself to others can be very healthy for individuals under stressful..
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Litha Moon (106)
Saturday January 12, 2008, 4:47 am
Very sad sentiment, peace would probably be a lot more comforting............
 

Past Member (0)
Saturday January 12, 2008, 6:54 am
Yeah, there aren't enough stuffed animals on Earth to provide comfort during what I"m afraid is coming.
 
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