What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI’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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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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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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at 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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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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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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