Dr. Benjamin Spock is remembered as one of the foremost authorities on raising children. His influential and prolific books, first published in the mid-1940s, advised parents to be more affectionate ...

Dr. Benjamin Spock's name lives on in print -- and soon on products. The book Spock is most famous for, "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care," is now in its eighth edition and was updated earlier this ...

NEW YORK -- Babies born today aren't much different from babies born in 1943, but the world they're born into has seen many changes. That's why the eighth edition of "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care" ...

By The Standard Staff - 11/01/2004 Oct 31, 2004 Oct 31, 2004 0 The eighth edition of ‘‘Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care'' (Pocket Books) includes timeless advice from Dr. Benjamin Spock, who died in ...

In the pantheon of parenting gurus, Dr. Spock appears to have legendary staying power. Nowadays, there are shelves full of niche parenting books, offering advice on raising twins or singletons, ...

In my case, at least, the timing was impeccable. Many decades ago this week, just as I was making my debut as a member of the human race, a young, largely unknown pediatrician published a book about ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

Dandling a copy of his bestselling baby book on one knee, Dr. Benjamin Spock, 64, attempted to define himself before the television cameras in his Manhattan apartment. “I’m not a pacifist,” declared ...

"There's no way I could have raised all these kids without help from Dr. Spock," I told my friend. "Who's Dr. Spock?" she answered. For a moment I was speechless — honest!! I thought everyone in my ...

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