What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHaving a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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