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
BENJAMIN SPOCKEvery 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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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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 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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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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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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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