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I recall a teacher who helped an apprehensive boy become adjusted to his classroom without his mother. His teacher enumerated the various body parts that he had brought to school that day—“his arms, legs, eyes, ears” and so on. He watched with anticipation for a while, then looked up wearily at her and said, “I know I'm all here. Butwhy am I here?”
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Samuel J. Braun is a child psychiatrist who works as clinical director of the Preschool Unit of the Cambridge-Somerville Mental Health and Retardation Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The author wishes to acknowledge the help of two of his colleagues at the Preschool Unit, Suzanne Pratt and Dorothy Sang, who shared their clinical experiences from which some of the case illustrations are drawn.
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Braun, S.J. Some family matters that affect young children. Early Childhood Educ J 9, 37–40 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636970
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