Dr. Benjamin Spock
(1903-1998)

American Pediatrician, Peace, Anti-Nuclear Activist

Gandhi Peace Award
1968 Humanist of the Year

birthdate: May 2
birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut

QUOTES

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

“Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled”

“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”

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

“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.”

“What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?”

“Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer”

Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.

 

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