This is an exhaustive and almost complete work performed by the authors. To study ancient Indian Child rearing practices, they have studied Ayurvedic classical texts like Kashyap Samhita and other such texts. To study these books is quite a difficult job cn1 for a medical person or for an Ayurvedic physician. But it seems that these authors have not only studied the original scripts thoroughly but also assimilated them and made themselves capable to comment in the perspectives of developmental psychology and pediatrics.
From the second chapter onwards the authors have given description of the main — points regarding care of newborns and children, various rites and rituals, examination of children, disorders of newborn etc.
The authors have concluded that child care techniques as described in the Ancient Indian Texts may perhaps be useful in developmental psychology but solid proof to k these conclusions are necessary. They have further identified areas and points for further short-term clinical research, which may prove useful. I as an Ayurvedic physician I can add one more point. The child rearing practices and the childcare techniques have been practiced over Indian subcontinents for thousands of years from generations to generations with minor changes in different regions and culture. However, no notable adverse or bad effects are observed. This has more importance in the light of behavioral disturbances found in children from the so-called developed countries.