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

Quote by Benjamin Spock

Topics: Benjamin Spock Quotes

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...

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...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 its mother's...

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

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.

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...

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...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...