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 SPOCKHappiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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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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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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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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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Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
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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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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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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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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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