Every 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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKParental 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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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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