The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is in the world for something important,… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued,… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades,… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
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… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
This present system by which industry is motivated exclusively by the quest for maximal profits - though it may have helped a great deal… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
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 -… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
