Editing Roo (section)

==Satirical psychological study==
A [[tongue-in-cheek]] psychological study of Roo was published in the year 2000,<ref name=CMAJ>Shea, Sarah et al. "[http://www.cmaj.ca/content/163/12/1557.full Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne]", ''Canadian Medical Association Journal'', Volume 163, pages 1557–1559 (2000).</ref><ref>Willis, Randall. "[http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/mdd/v04/i04/html/MDD04DeptNews1.html Winnie–the–Pooh and attention deficit, too]", NewsInBrief, ''Modern Drug Discovery'' (April 2001).</ref> by pediatricians at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], in the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' during its end of year issue in April; which publishes lighter more parody-style content.<ref name=CMAJ/> This Canadian team was following the trend of analyzing famous art works, to point out that even wonderful people can have disorders.<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|title=Winnie The Pooh Characters "Seriously Troubled" |last=Karleff |first=Ian |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment/winnie-pooh-characters-seriously-troubled-58360 |agency=[[Reuters]] |via=[[TVNZ]] |access-date=17 April 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615132227/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment/winnie-pooh-characters-seriously-troubled-58360 |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}</ref> [[Reuters]] reported as follows about the Canadian study:
<blockquote>The researchers said they are especially worried about baby Roo, who is growing up in a single-parent household and whose closest friend, Tigger, is not a good role model.  "We predict we will someday see a delinquent, jaded, adolescent Roo hanging out late at night at the top of the forest, the ground littered with broken bottles of extract of malt and the butts of smoked thistle," the article said.<ref name=Reuters /></blockquote>