first off, I am rating this book solely on rhetoric, not on practice. once i apply the doll-treat-training pants-positive affirmation techniques, i will either up or downgrade my score.this book was written in the 60s; the edition i read was a reprint from 1974. let's just say it hasn't aged well.first off, the book encourages that one person - usually the mother - stays home all day with the spe