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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKRespect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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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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