I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
BENJAMIN SPOCKWithout freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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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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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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 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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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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