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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://blogs.mercola.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /><title>Exposure to Dogs as a Child Reduces Your Risk of This Mental Disorder</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2019/12/21/exposure-to-dogs-as-a-child-reduces-your-risk-of-this-mental-disorder.aspx</link><description>You&amp;rsquo;ve probably read about some of the benefits of exposing children to pets at a young age. Animals can help socialize children and teach them empathy, increase verbal skills and confidence, and even help protect them from allergies . But according</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Exposure to Dogs as a Child Reduces Your Risk of This Mental Disorder</title><link>https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2019/12/21/exposure-to-dogs-as-a-child-reduces-your-risk-of-this-mental-disorder.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#975365</link><pubDate>12/21/2019 6:04:13 PM</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:975365</guid><dc:creator>mar6915</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Love a good Dog story. &amp;nbsp;Was not allowed to have a pet cat or dog as a child. Did enjoy encounters with other people&amp;#39;s dogs. &amp;nbsp;Dogs are the best. &amp;nbsp;So glad to see more and more dogs at places like airports, nursing homes, hospitals, for use of giving stress relief.&lt;/p&gt;
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