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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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 SpockBenjamin Spock There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock 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.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock I really learned it all from mothers.
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