Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI 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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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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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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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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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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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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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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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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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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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