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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.

Benjamin Spock

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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Children Fear Horse
I really learned it all from mothers.
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Day Mom Mother
It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Men President United States
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
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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Count Music
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
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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Children Jobs Perfect
Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Common Sense
If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Children Quality Wish
Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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Believe Children People
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
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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Common Common Sense Experts
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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Baby Mom Mother
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Disagreeable Encouraged Many People
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

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