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Dr. Benjamin Spock is 91 and worried. Not about the usual things, like health — “I don’t feel great, but until two years ago I didn’t even feel old”; or love — he’s happily married ...
Dr. Benjamin M. Spock 1903 - 1998 Millions of Americans take part in anti-war activities. Most are young, and relatively few are radical enough to encourage arrest.
When I heard about Dr. Benjamin Spock’s death at the age of 94 recently, I wanted to read “Baby and Child Care” again to pay him homage. But first I had to locate my well-thumbed copy, which ...
When Dr. Benjamin Spock died last week my mind was flooded with a series of connections to my children and our own experiences at child-raising. Spock was credited with “raising” my gen… ...
The speaker was Dr. Benjamin Spock, the 83-year-old pediatrician to two generations of the world`s children through his best-selling book ”Baby and Child Care,” which has sold 32 million ...
Pediatrician Dr Benjamin Spock, seen examining a child in 1964, revolutionized American child-rearing by advising parents to rely more on a loving “common sense” approach. Credit: Bettmann ...
For more than a half-century, Dr. Benjamin Spock has been the sage of sensible parenting, dispensing advice on matters from croup to hyperactivity in his enduring book, “Baby and Child Care.&… ...
Dr. Spock is back -- and this isn't "Star Trek." The famed pediatrician Benjamin Spock, whose 1946 tome "Baby and Child Care" may be the bestselling book after the Bible, has a new company named ...
Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "Baby and Child Care" book, first published in 1946, was a principal guide for parents in the post-World War II era. It is now in its 10th edition, with over 50 million copies ...
Dr. Benjamin Spock advocated a radically different approach to parenting. He believed that children come into the world with distinct needs, interests and abilities, and that the core of good ...