Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
BENJAMIN SPOCKCan 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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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 more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
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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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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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