Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at 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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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