There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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 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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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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