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Eva Frommer presents a compassionate account of the developmental stages from dependency to inde pendence. It is not entirely clear to whom the author is addressing herself; presumably she is writing to the sophisticated lay reader rather than the professional worker. However, some features are of interest to the latter, namely the reference to the concepts on which the work of the Rudolph Steiner Communities is based ; the attempt to examine behavioural types in the chapter on temperament and personality, the sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholic and choleric; the career patterns of young people, again divided into four types. In addition to the detailed reference to the fantasy life of children, the importance of preparation for the reality of life is also emphasized, and a particularly important suggestion is that the work of the health visitor and social worker should be intensified and that they could perform a valuable task for the young wife and mother by helping her improve her practical housewifery and child care in addition to †̃¿ proffering abstract advice'. Despite these positive features this book is not