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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.

Benjamin Spock

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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Children Opportunity Parent
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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Believe Children Country
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
I’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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Country Intervention War
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
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
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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May Quiet Teamwork
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Children Helping World
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Essence Mean Time
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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People Realizing Said
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Baby Diapers Size
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
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
Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Common Sense

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