When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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.
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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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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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