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'I would never, ever want another parent to go through what our family went through.' -- Deborah Eappen Her son, Matthew, died after being shaken by his au pair

Lawmakers target shaken baby syndrome

Measures would educate parents

By Michael Levenson
Globe Correspondent / October 27, 2005

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Eight years after the trial of a Newton au pair helped draw nationwide attention to the problem of shaken baby syndrome, legislators, pediatricians, and parents are preparing a major effort to stop that form of child abuse in Massachusetts. (Full article: 855 words)

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