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
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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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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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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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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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 good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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