Which of the following behaviors is considered abnormal and may require treatment?
a) Sarah, a 4-year old, insists on using a night light to keep the monsters away.
b) Joshua, a 12-year old, insists that his parents leave both the closet light and the hallway light on at night to keep aliens away.
c) Maleah, a 7-year old, likes to put her toy baby to bed in a shoebox next to her bed every night.
d) Miguel, a 3-year old, continues to have bedwetting incidents at least once a week.
Ans: b) Joshua, a 12-year old, insists that his parents leave both the closet light and the hallway light on at night to keep aliens away.
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