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

Quote by Benjamin Spock

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

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

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

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

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

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning...

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning...

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best...

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best...

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We...

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We...

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

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

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

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

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny...

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny...

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the...

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the...

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled

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.

You know more than you think you do.

You know more than you think you do.

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

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

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