Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIf I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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 really learned it all from mothers.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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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.
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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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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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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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