Covers selected topics related to infants, young children, families: National Children's Bureau's establishment of Under Fives Unit, Caerffili, Wales; policy for young children from National Children's Bureau; descriptions of three papers produced by Barnardo internal research fellows; establishment of new children's epilepsy assessment unit, Cheshire, England; descriptions of books/reports on infancy, work during pregnancy, children in nursery schools, etc. (CB)