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The Boston Globe

"Kids can beat the odds" by Alison Bass

"The pioneering study that tracked ... [200] kids ... found that even children from very troubled backgrounds have a better than even chance of turning out okay. Launched in 1955 on a rural island in Hawaii, the study was one of the first to substantiate the idea that some children are hardy enough to survive the most chaotic circumstances. ...

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