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Ask AF: When Kids Pick at Skin

Skin picking may be indicative of a larger problem with anxiety.

by Deborah Borchers, M.D.

TAGS: Ask AF, Behavior & Discipline, Health & Medicine, Toddlers

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• Parenting

December 8, 2015

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