We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children. Benjamin Spock More Quotes by Benjamin Spock More Quotes From Benjamin Spock To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation. Benjamin Spock vietnamnationswinning I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. Benjamin Spock vietnambabywar ...the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are beholden to industry. They always will be. And, the American people are fooled when they think that if you can just get McGovern instead of Humphrey, or if you can get a Democrat instead of a Republican, this will be the end of our problems. Benjamin Spock partypeoplethinking Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don't mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless. Benjamin Spock teachermeanchildren 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. Benjamin Spock differencesbabybook People have said, "You've turned your back on pediatrics." I said, "No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics." Benjamin Spock realizingsaidpeople I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it. Benjamin Spock being-badcaught Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically. Benjamin Spock grandparentgrandchildren I love to dance and I'd love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing...I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day. Benjamin Spock dancegoodbyemen It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that is to say, I can get out my hostilities - because I'm protected in my conscience by the knowledge that what I'm doing is morally right. I've never been so relaxed. I've never been so happy. Benjamin Spock united-statespresidentmen I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values. Benjamin Spock problemrealizationspiritual What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble? Benjamin Spock warpeacechildren 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. Benjamin Spock parentprayerpeople How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper. Benjamin Spock diaperssizebaby 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 Spock confidencewisdomchildren 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. Benjamin Spock occupationwomentrying In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God. Benjamin Spock believecountrychildren 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. Benjamin Spock politicalorganizationamerica Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it. Benjamin Spock essencetimemean The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mother and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all. Benjamin Spock
