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sib, etc. In short, temporary phases in a child's development which are soon outgrown. Perhaps I am oversimplifying, as the numbers of mothers and children attending the public health clinics here is remarkably low. May I suggest too that if one asks any young mother whether she has worries in connexion with her child's health she will be only too happy to produce some. The neglected or deprived child doesn't go to the clinic anyhow. Do general practitioners think there is a 50% incidence of behaviour disorders among toddlers ? As for problem families, of course their children will tend to be delinquent, but forgive me for thinking that neither antenatal, toddler, or school clinic " chats " can prevent this happening.-I am, etc., Brigg, Lincolnshire. M. C. WILLIS.