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Kids got the blues? Maybe they don’t have enough friends

December 17, 2010 by

Friendless kids can become social outcasts who risk spiraling into depression by adolescence, according to new research. Yet for most shy and withdrawn children, the study reports that friends can be a form of protection against sadness.

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