By Thérèse Woodcock on work by Margaret Lowenfeld

Small Children: wonder why coming – everyone who comes, comes here for a reason – not naughtiness, just difficulties, eg not getting on at school, home, lessons, other people, thinking brother or sister is a nuisance, taking things that don’t belong – they all come here because those things are pictures of their feeling unhappy inside – if you’re unhappy & fed up inside, you’re cross on the outside. Being grumpy outside, grown ups just don’t understand a bit what you’re really feeling like inside. This is really like a river: grown-ups on one side, children on the other side, grown-up just doesn’t understand, just sees a child being tiresome & child doesn’t understand either, just sees grown-up being stupid.