From Spock to Substack, parenting advice has evolved. Here's how grandparents can stay curious, current, and confidently ...

(WOMENSENEWS)–Dr. Benjamin Spock revolutionized child care in 1946 with “The Commonsense Book of Baby and Child Care,” in which the pediatrician urged mothers to trust their own instincts instead of ...

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 ...

A new generation’s Dr. Spock. February 9, 2025 at 2:09 a.m. ... His landmark 1946 "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" became one of the best-selling books of the 20th century.

A new generation’s Dr. Spock February 9, ... His landmark 1946 "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" became one of the best-selling books of the 20th century.

A new generation has its own Dr. Spock — and a very different take on parenting. Author Emily ... “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care,” became one of the best-selling books of the ...

But my first awareness of the name Spock came from a 25-cent paperback (pocket book) that my parents kept on their night stand for bedtime reading. The book was on child rearing and authored by Dr.

The tide began to shift again in 1946, with the publication of Benjamin Spock’s bestselling book Baby and Child Care. Dr. Spock, as he became known, “wanted to bring back confidence in ...

The prevailing societal trend in parenting in the 1960s was based on the open, understanding style of baby guru Dr. Benjamin Spock, but there was a popular counter-stream too, as exemplified in ...

Dr. Spock brings his bible on baby and child care into the 1990s with the same comforting words he used to introduce it to parents of the last five decades: “Trust yourself, you know more than ...