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| | Just Call Me Jiminy Cricket |
 | | The other thing to remember is that even though parents are very careful to teach their children healthy behaviors by example, children will still imitate unhealthy behaviors, if they have the opportunity. |
 | | And since the conscience is not working properly, they will need an "external conscience" in place - the presence of mom or dad or teacher or mentor of some kind, a person recognized as an authority, a Jiminy Cricket. |
 | | They are somewhat like Pinocchio - innocent, gullible, vulnerable, impressionable, immature, so the Jiminy Cricket analogy is one that fits, only the child with FASD will need that external conscience even when they become adults. |
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