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Wednesday
Mar092011

Oedipus Chase: al.com

I’m a little freaked out, not going to lie. I remember learning about this in intro college psychology and again in child development. The faces of my classmates the most memorable part: The girls squirmed a bit in their seats as the guys held back vomit. 

The idea, known as the Oedipus complex, is a theory that children between 3 and 6 can be “in love” with the parent of the opposite sex (and hate the other parent for being with their person). Meaning for me, I have two shots at my boys “catching” this love bug.

Oh, and caught it - Chase has.

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