Benjamin Spock
“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.”
More Benjamin Spock quotes
Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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 SpockBenjamin Spock To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s not the words but the music that counts.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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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