Benjamin Spock

"There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age."

"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 that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be."

"What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all."

"Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled."

"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."

"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."