Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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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
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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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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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