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 SPOCKIt’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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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