If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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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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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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