Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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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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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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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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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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