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I love to dance and I'd love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing...I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
Benjamin Spock
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Benjamin Spock
Age: 94 †
Born: 1903
Born: May 2
Died: 1998
Died: March 15
Military Officer
Pedagogue
Pediatrician
Physician
Politician
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Rower
University Teacher
New Haven
Connecticut
Benjamin McLane Spock
Dr. Spock
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The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidence in themselves and happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they do have and of all the opportunities that come their way.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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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 marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
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Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.
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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.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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It's not the words but the music that counts.
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Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father particularly-his interests, manner, speech, pleasures, his attitude toward work.
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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.
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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 of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.
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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 drive and confidence.
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