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FOR KIDS: Baby’s stress can last decades
Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls
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Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: December 4, 2012

The first year is a big one for babies: Everything is new. Infants pick up a lot of information that will be useful throughout their lives. What happens then and on into the preschool years sets the stage for behavior in the years to come, a new study finds.

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