ABSTRACT
LIKE DR. BOUTONIER and Dr. Jackson, with regard to French and American children, I could say that the typical British child both does and does not exist. Since hearing the United States and French accounts of development patterns, I feel that the British child is different from his counterpart in these countries—a difference which grows stronger as age increases. But, as in France, it is impossible to talk about clear-cut and specific developmental patterns which are peculiar to Great Britain alone. There are, moreover, in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, distinct cultural groups, with differing environments, religions and ideals, and different speech. Local customs, social backgrounds and developmental influences differ. Even the cities such as Leeds, are not by any means homogeneous, socially, racially, or traditionally. For example there is a higher Jewish proportion of the population in Leeds than in the city of New York. The cultural pattern differs not only from north to south but also from east to west; but my remarks are confined to Yorkshire, and in particular to Leeds, and even to a single area of that city.
