It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
BENJAMIN SPOCKGrandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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.
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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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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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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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