To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
BENJAMIN SPOCKThe 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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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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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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 good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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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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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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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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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