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Benjamin Spock

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
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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Father Girl Possible Zoos
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that’s in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
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Children Fear Horse
Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
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Education Sex Spiritual Teacher
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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Children Parent Punishment
Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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Children Grow Up Respect
I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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Dance Goodbye Men
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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Country Intervention War
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Children Helping World
It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Men President United States
I really learned it all from mothers.
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Day Mom Mother
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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Believe Children Country
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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Believe Children People
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Disagreeable Encouraged Many People
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

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