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.
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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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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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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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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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 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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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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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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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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