It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
BENJAMIN SPOCKI was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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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 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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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.
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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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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