Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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.
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Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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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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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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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 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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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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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Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
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