To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
BENJAMIN SPOCKWithout freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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