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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.

Benjamin Spock

Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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Children Opportunity Parent
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Men President United States
I really learned it all from mothers.
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Day Mom Mother
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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Cancer Children Grow Up
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Baby Diapers Size
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
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
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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Essence Mean Time
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Disagreeable Encouraged Many People
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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Baby Vietnam War
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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Baby Children Mother
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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Class Ideas Racism Routine
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
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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Education Sex Spiritual Teacher
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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Occupation Trying Women
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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May Quiet Teamwork
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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Count Music
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Baby Mom Mother
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.
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Father Girl Possible Zoos
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Children Dad Parenting
Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Common Sense
There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Children Funny Mother
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
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
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?
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Children Peace War

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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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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