Every child senses, with all the horse sense that’s in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIf I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
-
-
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 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 SPOCK -
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
BENJAMIN 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 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 SPOCK -
It’s not the words but the music that counts.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
BENJAMIN 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 SPOCK -
I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
BENJAMIN SPOCK