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.
BENJAMIN SPOCKParental 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.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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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 would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
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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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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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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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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It’s not the words but the music that counts.
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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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