What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
BENJAMIN SPOCKHow to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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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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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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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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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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