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
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 opportunity parent
Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
jobs children parenting
The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.
children parenting childhood
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.
children punishment parent
Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
growing-up children parenting
The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidences in themselves - happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they have, and of all the opportunities that come their way. They will make light of any handicaps.
children dad parenting
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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.
baby diapers size
How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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.