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.
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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer
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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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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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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 not the words but the music that counts.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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