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Pregnancy is often a time of great joy ... and great fear. You worry about the baby, you worry about your life changing, you worry about the little boy who got into a car crash on your favorite TV show, you worry about worrying. Part of this fearfulness can be blamed on pregnancy hormones, part of it is a rational response to an overwhelming life change that is just as dramatic as adolescence.

What can you do to manage these fears? There is no formula that will take the worry away, says psychologist Harriet Lerner, author of "The Dance of Fear," but there are several steps you can take to make it feel less overwhelming....

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liladavis31
liladavis31
October 15, 2008

My 6 year olds Son's Fears

Just this year we had a big change in our lives. We moved into a new home, moved to a diffrent school,I started a job that keeps me away from home,and my son was not around his granny for the first time in his life. He began to develope...  read more

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