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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re: Intelligence
Message-ID: <1247@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 13:41:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 13:41:54 1985
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Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center
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> The usual reason for such teasing, I am told by a psychologist, is
> insecurity.  That is, the teaser is feeling small, insignificant, or
> insecure, and must do something to make himself feel better than SOMEBODY.
> So if he can make someone else feel bad, he has control over the situation,
> and feels better.

A logical implication, then, is that by making sure our children are
secure, we help everybody else out as well.  Not bad!

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