Benjamin Spock Quotes

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.

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.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, ‘Now I’m going to read my paper’ than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.

Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.

It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.

I really learned it all from mothers.

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.