All Benjamin Spock Quotes
- Biologically and temperamentally... women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care. Biologically
- The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior. Behavior
- Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do. Advice
- The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. Child
- There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age. Age
- I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his… Creates
- Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled. Feel
- What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. All
- In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God. Believe
- 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… All
- Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal. Belligerent
- When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. Become Disagreeable
- I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. Babies
- To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation. Exterminate
- 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… Bring
- Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the… All
- I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war… Hitler
- It's not the words but the music that counts. Counts
- 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… All
- 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… Child