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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…

Benjamin Spock

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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Father Girl Possible Zoos
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Dignity Husband Love Marriage
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Happiness Inspirational Positive
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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Common Common Sense Experts
If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Children Quality Wish
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Dance Goodbye Men
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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Occupation Trying Women
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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Children Fear Horse
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Children Dad Parenting
To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Nation Vietnam Winning
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Future Mean Parent Teacher
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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Baby Children Learning
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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Children Confidence Wisdom
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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Believe Children Country

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