It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
BENJAMIN SPOCKThe child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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Perhaps 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.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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I’m not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.
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