I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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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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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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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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