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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHow to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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