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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKThe loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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.”
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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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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