Lila's three-year-old daughter is an only child who recently started day care. It was only 6 months ago that Lila had toilet trained her daughter. After 1 week in the day care, her daughter has started wetting herself and crawling
Her mother has become quite concerned. The school nurse explained to her that her daughter probably is experiencing:
A.
Regression.
B.
Depression.
C.
Manipulation.
D.
Compensation.
ANS: A
The child is emotionally returning to an early time in her life when there was far less stress.
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