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.”
BENJAMIN SPOCKI 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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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
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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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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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