The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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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’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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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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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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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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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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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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