I suggest she looks at two projects closer to home. These are the Sure Start Sunderland parent infant psychotherapy programme, which provides a targeted primary prevention approach by screening for vulnerable parent-infant interaction, and Oxpip, a charity started by Sue Gerhardt in Oxford, which exists to help parents and children develop more loving and secure relationships.
Evaluations of both these schemes show considerable success in improving parent/
child relationships at the critical very early stage in each child's life. I suggest that government spending on this type of support be a priority to improve the outcomes for children.
Chris Ponsford, development director, What About The Children?, Langton Green, Kent
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