Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
BENJAMIN SPOCKThe 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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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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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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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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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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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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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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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