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
baby diapers size
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
baby war proud
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
mom mother baby
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
baby book differences
I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them. The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of the rigidities of pediatric tradition, particularly in infant feeding. It emphasized the importance of great differences between individual babies, of the need for flexibility and of the lack of necessity to worry constantly about spoiling.
mother baby children
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.
women trying occupation
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.
grandchildren grandparent
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
prayer people parent
Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.
children quality wish
If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.
time mean essence
Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
attitude father boys
A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father particularly-his interests, manner, speech, pleasures, his attitude toward work...
country children believe
In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
children growing-up cancer
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
organization america political
Democracy appears to me potentially a higher form of political organization than any kind of dictatorship. But if it turns out that in America, which could afford a decent living for everyone, the comfortable majority is willing to condone the misery and abuse of a minority for an indefinite period, the exploitation by the majority becomes as repugnant as exploitation by an oligarchy, and democracy loses half its supposed superiority.