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Quotes from Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care — Benjamin Spock

1903–1998 United States

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5 quotes

Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

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

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

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

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

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.

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

You know more than you think you do.

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benjamin Spock (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.