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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKTo win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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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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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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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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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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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