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Take the case of Joyce and her sevenyear-old

daughter, Isabel. Isabel is an

elfin second grader who likes to wear

glittery sandals and colorful rubber

bracelets snaking up her skinny arms.

She has several best friends with whom

she exchanges confidences, and she gets

along with most of the kids in her class.

She’s the type to throw her arms

around a classmate who’s had a bad

day; she even gives her birthday

presents away to charity. That’s why

her mother, Joyce, an attractive, goodnatured

woman with a wisecracking

sense of humor and a bring-it-on demeanor,

was so confused by Isabel’s

problems at school.

In first grade, Isabel often came

home consumed with worry over the

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