Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIt’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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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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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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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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