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

Quote by Benjamin Spock

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You know more than you think you do.

You know more than you think you do.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being,...

Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage...

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage...

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of...

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of...

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

I like men who have a future and women who have a past