Family: Licening Parents

FAMILYrnLicensing Parentsrnby Christopher CheckrnL icensing Parents, a new book by Universityrnof Wisconsin psychiatristrnJack C. Westman, bewails a recent surgernin "incompetent parenting," a phenomenonrnwhich he defines as deprivingrna child not only of sufficient food, clothing,rnand shelter, but also of "affectionaternholding, touching and talking," all thernwhile displaying an "insensitivity to arnchild . . .