Quote by Benjamin Spock
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steeri

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

Other quotes by Benjamin Spock

I would say that the surest measure of a mans or a womans maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. – Benjamin Spock

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Marriage
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There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mothers age. – Benjamin Spock

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Age
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. – Benjamin Spock

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Women
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Ive become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that… basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so. – Mayim Bialik

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parenting

There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says no, then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom. – Marie Osmond

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parenting

The Golden Rule of Parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! – Louise Hart

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parenting

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasnt been able to keep up. – Andrew Bernstein

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parenting

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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. – Mikhail Bakunin

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History develops, art stands still. – E. M. Forster

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When one has not had a good father, one must create one. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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dad

The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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