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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
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