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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHaving 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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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