with bob playing leader the boys begin to break the locks of cabinets that contain materials belonging to other group all the locks broken the boys ransacked the c the objects the boys were throwing chewing and trampling on our lumps of sugar lay fallen in one of the cabinet all this time the therapist does not interfere but keep careful watch against the danger of injury to the boy oh for having become convinced that the excitement will not abate by itself  this is one case where he must tell the children to go home case makes is suspect that this group is not properly balanced and some changes will have to be made regularly supervision conferences are held to discuss both group dynamics and the development of each child at this conference the group balances analyzed it's decided to remove robert who is the real focus of infection and replace him with jack aged ten brilliant but extremely withdrawn a feminine diagnosis compulsive neurosis one of his idiosyncrasies is that he spends hours drawing maps of the city transportation system favorite occupation for some weeks has been playing table tennis with the therapist the therapist support and henry's testing of the reality of group living have diminished his fears henry is now also able to share the game with another boy despite his original terror of children the no excepts quite freely direct physical contact but the gleeful manner in which  henry and martin now turn to playing tag henry is free and spontaneous so different from the henry we knew of the first session the boys do not seem annoyed by all this again demonstrating the group for additional security albert oscillatory movement behind the new war a feminine boy jack and his use of the ruler is significant in view of the original problems for which he was referred despite the therapist efforts to withdraw from the group's activities the boy is repeatedly involved in and at this stage this can be interpreted as positive trends friends rather than mere dependent the boy is now take responsibility for cooking the frankfurters and setting the stage for refreshment a task previously carried out by the therapist the assurance and promptness with which they enter into the activity reveal their the therapist deliberately remains apart from the group a great deal of conversation on life on the refreshment table among other things the boys on their own initiative plan a trip the third boy from the left is no longer distractable he concentrates on the job at hand for a time he was afraid of the other one is now free and spontaneous with as albert comes forward we know his more vigorous bearing and manner as he helped another boy he further demonstrates his growing power in sel but therapist neutral role is not very if anything he withdraws even more from the group after a while bob and henry join in for henry this is a desirable development the therapist remains watchful and ready to intervene but only about the nuclear necessary so on the boys on their own take steps to prevent the fire from spreading one boy ranks the fire on to the as best as pad another pulled off the electric plu later in the session henry also has the courage to challenge bob the boys strike a bargain if bob will bring firecrackers to the next session they'll let him off without the