I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
BENJAMIN SPOCKDon’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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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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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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.
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, ‘Now I’m going to read my paper’ than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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.
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