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Benjamin Spock

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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK

Father Girl Possible Zoos
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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People Realizing Said
Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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Children Opportunity Parent
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that’s in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
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Children Fear Horse
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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Children Jobs Perfect
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught
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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Children Parent Punishment
Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don’t mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
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Children Future Mean Parent Teacher
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
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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Believe Children Country
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Children Helping World
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
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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Long People Strong
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Essence Mean Time
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Baby Mom Mother
I really learned it all from mothers.
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Day Mom Mother

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