At a first glance, Dr. Spock's most recent effort appears to be a collection of self-evident facts, well-worn clichés and repetitionsthe reader has the feeling that he has heard all of this before.
However, when the reviewer reread the opening sentences and realized that the text is aimed, not at the pediatrician or trained worker in the field, but at the guilty, anxious, and often desperate parent, then the full value of this work became apparent.