Cleft lip and palate.

Author Disclosure Dr Abbott has disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this article. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/ investigative use of a commercial product/ device. Editor’s Note: In the recently published article “Causal Attributions of Cleft Lip and Palate Across Cultures” (Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2013;50[6]:655–661), the authors state that, across the world, culturally held beliefs concerning cleft lip and palate can have deleterious social effects on children and their families. Our readers should keep this in mind as they read the following article.