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.
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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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 strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don’t mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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