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...parents or other caretakers. Older children, say psychologists, should be encouraged to ventilate their thoughts and fears. And for kids of all ages, it's important to restore a sense of stability by returning as quickly as possible to a predictable routine. For most children, says Dr. Gaston Blom, a psychiatrist at Boston University Medical School, these measures can ease the anxiety of a traumatic event within a few months...
...message, however, was a fake missive sentnot from Lin but by Eric E. Blom '96 a student inQuincy House. Blom later apologized to the twowomen, and they did not take the matter to Collegeauthorities...
...return address showed Lin's account as the message's point of origin. But the e-mail, it turns out, wasn't sent by Grace Lin, who is straight. Eric E. Blom '96, an acquaintance of the women, later admitted to sending the fradulent message as a practical joke...
...women never told College officials about the message. Blom was already in trouble with the Freshman Dean's Office at the time for sending other fake e-mail messages, And after the prank, he sent the women a message--this time, in his own name--begging them to keep quiet lest he be expelled, according to a transcript of the message obtained by The Crimson...
...know it was a very, very poor joke. I had a poor sense of humor at the time. I was a different person then," Blom says in retrospect. "I really had never paid any attention to register messages [warning against fake e-mail]. When I had the ability to send anonymous mail. I never really thought it was a big deal...