What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
BENJAMIN SPOCKPeople 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.”
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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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 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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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