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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.

Benjamin Spock

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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Baby Children Learning
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Disagreeable Encouraged Many People
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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Common Common Sense Experts
If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Children Quality Wish
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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Father Girl Possible Zoos
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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May Quiet Teamwork
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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Believe Children Country
To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Nation Vietnam Winning
Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don’t mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
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Children Future Mean Parent Teacher
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Children Helping World
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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Class Ideas Racism Routine
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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Baby Children Mother
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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People Realizing Said
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Captain Choice Creativity
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Grandchildren Grandparent
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Being Bad Caught

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.

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