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.”
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.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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