There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIt’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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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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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 really learned it all from mothers.
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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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