What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
BENJAMIN SPOCKWithout freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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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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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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?
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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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