D. W. Winnicott (1896-1974), pediatrician and psychoanalyst, influenced several generations in the fields of child psychiatry, social work, and child development as well as psychoanalysis. He is known especially for his bold and brilliant imagination, and his unique, even poetic style.

* Introduction Mother And Child * A Man Looks at Motherhood * Getting to Know Your Baby * The Baby as a Going Concern * Infant Feeding * Where the Food Goes * The End of the Digestive Process * Close-up of Mother Feeding Baby * Breast Feeding * Why Do Babies Cry? * The World in Small Doses * The Baby as a Person * Weaning * Further Thoughts on Babies as Persons * The Innate Morality of the Baby * Instincts and Normal Difficulties * Young Children and Other People The Family * What About Father? * Their Standards and Yours * What Do We Mean by a Normal Child? * The Only Child * Twins * Why Children Play * The Child and Sex * Stealing and Telling Lies * First Experiments in Independence * Support for Normal Parents The Outside World * Needs of the Under-Fives * Mother, Teacher, and the Childs Needs * On Influencing and Being Influenced * Educational Diagnosis * Shyness and Nervous Disorders in Children * Sex Education in Schools * Visiting Children in Hospital * Aspects of Juvenile Delinquency * Roots of Aggression