Benjamin Spock

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 anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.

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.

Benjamin Spock


To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.

Benjamin Spock


Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is in the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.

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.

Benjamin Spock


You know more than you think you do.

Benjamin Spock


The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

Benjamin Spock


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 instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

Benjamin Spock

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