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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Benjamin Spock

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Baby Vietnam War
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 SPOCK

Children Future Mean Parent Teacher
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Occupation Trying Women
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

May Quiet Teamwork
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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Country Intervention War
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Count Music
Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Common Sense
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Happiness Inspirational Positive
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught
If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Quality Wish
Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Parent Punishment
Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Jobs Perfect
Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Home Husband
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Children Dad Parenting
I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Problem Realization Spiritual
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Children Helping World

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