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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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 was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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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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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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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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