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The New York City Committee on Mental Hygiene has published eight pamphlets dealing with special problems of children aged two to five years: When a Child Hurts Other Children; When a Child is Destructive; When a Child Uses Bad Language; When a Child Won't Share; When a Child Still Sucks His Thumb; When a Child Still Wets; When a Child Masturbates; When a Child Has Fears. The bulk of this is written in short sentences, giving advice. The subject matter has been condensed in booklets varying from six to twenty-three pages. Psychoanalysts will find themselves generally in agreement with the principles of child rearing on which these pamphlets are based. They might be helpful for nursery educators and kindergarten teachers, who have a background in child psychology and understand the behavior of childhood; however, due to the minimum of explanation, some parents may become confused in applying the advice given. To this reviewer the pamphlets are less helpful than some of the leaflets on infancy published by The New York City Committee on Mental Hygiene. This may well be due to the fact that in these pamphlets the author attempts to cover the most complicated subject matter of child rearing in the shortest possible space.