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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKPerhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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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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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.
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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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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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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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