Author: Benjamin Spock

Quotes

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.

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.

- Benjamin Spock

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

- Benjamin Spock

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

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

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

- Benjamin Spock

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.

- Benjamin Spock

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 we went in there to steal Vietnam.

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 we went in there to steal Vietnam.

- Benjamin Spock

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.

- Benjamin Spock

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

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

- Benjamin Spock

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

- Benjamin Spock

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