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This editorial is about children who have been physically abused, and of a new study that shows how this type of ordeal can have a negative effect on the rest of their life. These abused children often grow to become troubled adults. Briefly put, the study involved two types of children. These two groups of kids were shown a computerized image of a face whose expressions changed slowly from fear or sadness to one of anger. The group of kids that had been physically abused recognized immediately the approaching anger and responded. The kids that had not been abuse w