12 Dr. Spock Quotes To Celebrate His May Birthday
Author: Noel Jameson

If you have a child or are interested in childcare, you
know who Dr. Spock is and you probably have at least a few
Dr. Spock quotes committed to memory. As we remember the
anniversary of his birthday this May, let's reflect on the
words that made Dr. Spock such a remarkable individual and
worldwide authority on children and their needs.

1. "I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems
are because of a dearth of spiritual values."

2. "There are only two things a child will share willingly
-- communicable diseases and his mother's age."

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

4. "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."

5. "All the time a person is a child he is both a child and
learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he
becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood."

6. "Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of
destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important,
and it gives him drive and confidence."

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

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

9. "In our country today, very few children are raised to
believe that their principal destiny is to serve their
family, their country, or God."

10. "The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job,
the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is
undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as
vulnerable as their children."

11. "I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a
woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he
creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration
he provides for his spouse."

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

Some of his advice was controversial. There's no question
that the man has been in and out of favor as often as the
world's fads and views change. What it all comes down to is
the truth of the matter, and that is this -- Dr. Spock had
some wonderful insight to offer and these twelve Dr. Spock
quotes are testimony to that fact.


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