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ISU Researcher Finds Good Educational Shows Teach Young Children Bad Behavior
Young children, who don't understand plot, might copy naughty behavior in shows designed to teach moral lessons, researchers find.

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I worked for daily newspapers as a reporter for the Fort Dodge Messenger and the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier before moving to South Carolina in 2006.
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Young children, who don't understand plot, might copy naughty behavior in shows designed to teach moral lessons, researchers find.

Plus an Ames man threatens to steal a neighbor's dog, and an Iowa City mom leaves kids home alone to allegedly sell drugs.
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