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

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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...

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

You know more than you think you do.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...