From S.E. Lampitt
Your review of PsychoDarwinism: The New Synthesis of Darwin and Freud (5 November), made a glancing reference to anal retentiveness as a strategy for manipulating parents.
May I suggest that this condition merely reflects an increasingly refined diet and has no psychological relevance? Our local hospital admits three or four toddlers a week suffering from severe constipation.
The computer dictum, “rubbish in; rubbish out” appears to be reversed when applied to diet: “rubbish in; no rubbish out”.
