I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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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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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