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# Family Substitutes
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1528/
- Published: 2005-06-30T18:08:20.000Z
- Updated: 2005-06-30T18:08:20.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

We reported yesterday that studies in third world countries indicate that family ties help cure mental illness. In a culture with increasingly-severed family ties, products like this aren't surprising:

> Needies are interactive plush dolls inspired by codependent, high-maintenance relationships.

> Totally attention-starved, they compete with each other for human affection -- or, getting touch, as they like to say.

> When you give Needies touch (by hugging and squeezing them), they will return your kindness with songs and shameless flattery.

[Link](http://www.needies.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/needies_kelly2.jpg)