The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
BENJAMIN SPOCKGrandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, ‘Now I’m going to read my paper’ than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
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