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
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. – Benjamin Spock
Every child senses, with all the horse sense thats 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. – Benjamin Spock
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. – Benjamin Spock