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 SPOCKBiologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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