Occupation: Pediatrician Birth: May 2, 1903 Death: March 15, 1998
It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that is to s….
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 tha….
...the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are beholden to industry. They always will be. And, the American people are fooled when they think t….
To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation..
When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable..
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 ….
I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which ….
Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may r….
The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships..
In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God..
Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children..
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..
Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do..
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..
Democracy appears to me potentially a higher form of political organization than any kind of dictatorship. But if it turns out that in America, which….
I love to dance and I'd love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing...I want them to remember I was a da….
People have said, "You've turned your back on pediatrics." I said, "No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pedia….
Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people..
I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades, so that they won't take them ….
When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following months, I not onl….
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled..