What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
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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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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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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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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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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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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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