Benjamin Spock
Benjamin Spock
Benjamin McLane Spockwas an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the best-sellers of all time. Its message to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 May 1903
CountryUnited States of America
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The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.
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Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.
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Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.
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Biologically and temperamentally, I believe women were made to be concerned first and foremost with child care, husband care and home care
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She's not cooperating knowingly. And some babies who have been 'caught' early in this way are more apt to rebel later through prolonged soiling or bed-wetting.
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This is a small degree of training, but it's not learning because the baby is not really conscious of the bowel movement or of what she herself is doing,
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In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is in the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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You know more than you think you do.