1. "We found that airborne antigens were efficiently transferred from the mother to the neonate through milk.

2. "We have the paradox where the media is bombarding parents with issues about childrearing and very often making them feel inadequate, yet, on the other hand, we have this failure to recognise that many children are in serious difficulties." He offers an image to which he returns frequently÷ "What I think should inform all the debate is that the vulnerable child is born completely helpless and it is our collective responsibility as parents, as services and as children to make sure they are given the opportunity to develop fully." He concedes that a collective understanding of childhood should recognise children‘s capacities as well as their vulnerabilities, but argues that we also need to recognise that there is no such thing as "the child". He says÷ "There are seven ages of childhood÷ the foetus, the neonate, the infant, the pre–school child, the school–age child, the adolescent, and the transition to adulthood.