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

Quote by Benjamin Spock

Topics: Parents Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

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 is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

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...

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...

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

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

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

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

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

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 its mother's...

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

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...

You know more than you think you do.

You know more than you think you do.

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...

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...

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...