The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
BENJAMIN SPOCKMost middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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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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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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I’m not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.
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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.
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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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The 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.
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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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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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