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 SPOCKDon’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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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 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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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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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