The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
BENJAMIN SPOCKHappiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
-
-
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
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 SPOCK -
It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
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 SPOCK -
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
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.
BENJAMIN SPOCK -
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
BENJAMIN SPOCK