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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKBiologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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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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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 so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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