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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.

Benjamin Spock

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.
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Father Girl Possible Zoos
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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Dignity Husband Love Marriage
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Essence Mean Time
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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Cancer Children Grow Up
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Problem Realization Spiritual
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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Dance Goodbye Men
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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Believe Children People
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Baby Diapers Size
Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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Children Home Husband
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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Children Fear Horse
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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Count Music
Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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Children Grow Up Respect
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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Children Parent Punishment

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.

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