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.
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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I really learned it all from mothers.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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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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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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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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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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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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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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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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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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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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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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