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a sexual genesis of disturbing complexes, al- 

 though this element is doubtless frequently 

 present. Strong impressions or emotions of 

 jany kind may have a lasting effect. Suppres- 

 sions and repressions are too frequently em- 

 ployed and may result in an imbalance of char- 

 acter. Undesirable trends in infancy and child- 

 hood may land an adult in an unenviable mental 

 condition. Dr. Spaulding states that too great 

 attention cannot be given to such factors, par- 

 ticularly in the first five years of life, since it 

 is being recognized more and more that it is in 

 the earliest years that the great tragedies occur 

 that tend to warp seriously the individual 

 expression of energy of later years. 



Grief, fear, worry, anger, apprehension and 

 emotional shocks may become fixed and form 

 the early beginnings of what will eventually 

 lead to individual and social maladjustments. 

 We must be especially careful not to implant 

 fear in the developing mind of the young. 

 The nervous child is especially liable to become 

 maladjusted in the emotional field. Although 

 many disturbing experiences in the young child's 



