Parents Quotes by Benjamin Spock

The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

— Benjamin Spock

On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care.

— Benjamin Spock

I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.

— Benjamin Spock

I really learned it all from mothers.

— Benjamin Spock

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

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

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.

— Benjamin Spock

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

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

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

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

Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.

— Benjamin Spock

A surprising number of scientific advances have been made and masterpieces of art created by individuals just on the threshold of adulthood.

— Benjamin Spock

How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.

— Benjamin Spock

You know more than you think you do.

— Benjamin Spock