Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
BENJAMIN SPOCKOur greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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