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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHow to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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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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