Boys with minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) were divided into two groups based on quality of parental management and compared with a group of age-matched normoactive elementary school boys. Self-esteem and impulse control were inferred from a projective car-drawing test. It was concluded that parental management can make a difference in MBD children's self-esteem, but that even the well-managed MBD boy may suffer some decrement in his feelings of self-worth. While MBD boys differed from normals in some impulse control comparisons, parental management does not appear to be a factor. Significantly more well-managed MBD children responded positively to medication than did poorly-managed children.
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