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- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 | Nursery World
A doll may be the best way for a child to understand another's emotions, says trainer Kirstine Beeley Imagine a situation where a small child is crying. His friend sees this, appears to be upset by the situation and cries himself. After a while the second child lashes out at the first. Is this aggressive behaviour? Is it anti-social behaviour? Is the child a potential bully? Or is the child feeling the hurt of the first child and doing the only thing he can think of to end his friend's misery?