"...American
children, whom we have liked to think of as the
healthiest in the world, are actually lagging behind
the young people of many other countries in their
fitness. The readiest explanation is that many
of our children aren't getting much exercise any
more."
- Dr. Benjamin Spock, 1964
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"Human nature is
not a machine to be built after a model, and set to
do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree,
which requires to grow and develop itself on all
sides, according to the tendency of the inward
forces which make it a living thing."
- John Stuart Mill
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"They [parenting
experts] said to respect Eric as an equal, but the
more respect we showed him, the less he showed
us. They said families should be democratic,
the the more democratic we were with Eric, the more
of a tyrant he became. They said it was wrong
to control children, but the less control we
exercise, the more out of control he became.
The more insecure Eric was, the more crazy we all
were."
- John Rosemond, 1998
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"Without education,
we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking
educated people seriously."
- G.K. Chesterton
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