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Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, psychologist and early years consultant This timely book raises serious issues about how adults' anxiety and self-protection can undermine the welfare of children. The authors offer many examples of ways in which practitioners have been made to resist physical contact with children, even within early years. Their approach places children's emotional well-being at the centre of the discussion. But they also document the effect on adults when the priority becomes the most negative interpretations of touch between...