Within the last decade there has developed in this country a tremendous interest in the young child and in the much more neglected subject of training for parenthood. Approach has been made from a number of different points of view by a variety of research groups, behavior clinics, nursery schools, and groups of parents themselves. There has been an increasing recognition of the fact that the mere being a father or a mother is not in itself sufficient to prepare the individual for the complex and difficult task of rearing children.

The interest that originally concerned itself with the young...

In the following pages there are presented one hundred cases of young children between the ages of two and six years, arranged in order of chronological age. Occasionally two children in the same family are described, in which event many details are so much alike that the two are written up together and will be found at the age of the younger child, with a cross-reference included at the age of the older child.

Cases exhibiting any particular behavior trait may be located through the index. A variety of methods have been used to conceal the identity of the individual...