What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer
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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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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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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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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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.
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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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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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