Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
BENJAMIN SPOCKDon’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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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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 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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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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