It’s not the words but the music that counts.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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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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