Five brief cases are presented of remarkable changes in the behavior of children after a few interviews with the mother. One was a case of a four-year-old girl whose cat phobia disappeared after her mother's anxiety about masturbation was discussed. Choreiform movements in a boy, four and a half years old, disappeared after the mother's fear of having a dead baby was brought out into the open. Enuresis in a nine-year-old boy cleared up after a few talks in which the mother's hostile fantasies were acknowledged. The other cases are similar in their dramatic improvements.

Following the presentation of this paper, there is a lively discussion by many analysts who touch on the problems presented: the transmission of unconscious impulses from mother to child, the fixity and internalization of the conflict in children, and the communication of lessening of anxiety to children. Various theories are advanced.