I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
BENJAMIN SPOCKPerhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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