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It is with great pleasure that I accepted the kind invitation to share my thoughts on Ann G. Smolen's presentation of her challenging case. What follows is what I would like to consider as a contribution to the essential debate in which we, child analysts, must engage.
The analyst first presents to us the background data of Georgie's life before he was adopted and taken to the United States at the age of 8 months. Let us summarize some of the most salient points. Georgie was:
in a state of abandonment and dire neglect
in a hospital lying down in a crib with no stimulation
significantly undernourished
seemingly younger than his actual age
shown to have no response to sound
seen to have a blank, wide-eye stare
found to have language impairment