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
BENJAMIN SPOCKThe loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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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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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.
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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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 up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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