The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIf I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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