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Benjamin McLane Spock è stato un pediatra e canottiere statunitense che raggiunse la fama con la pubblicazione del libro di consigli alle madri Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care.

Il libro venne pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1946 e fu tradotto in tutte le principali lingue del mondo; fu uno dei maggiori successi editoriali dell'immediato dopoguerra, vendendo per circa un decennio un milione di copie all'anno. Nel 2011, raggiunse un volume complessivo di vendite di circa 50 milioni di copie. Spock aveva avuto l'abilità di trattare temi molto popolari , come la gravidanza, il parto, l'alimentazione e le cure del bambino, con un linguaggio semplice e brillante, spregiudicato e anticonformista, presentando progressi e orientamenti della ginecologia e della pediatria come novità rivoluzionarie derivanti anche dalla sua esperienza professionale.

Una delle tesi di Spock fu la necessità di una maggiore flessibilità da parte dei genitori verso i propri bambini e per questo fu accusato di incoraggiare il permissivismo. Le accuse di permissivismo, in realtà, sorpresero molto Spock, che non aveva mai negato la necessità, per i genitori, di essere responsabili e presenti, pur sostenendo tesi anti-autoritarie, che non rinnegò mai.

Si interessò anche di politica e nel 1972 si era candidato, sostenuto dal piccolo Partito del Popolo, alle elezioni presidenziali statunitensi in cui raccolse però solo lo 0,1% dei consensi.

Prima di diventare famoso come pediatra, nel 1924 Spock vinse una medaglia d'oro con l'otto maschile statunitense di canottaggio ai Giochi della VIII Olimpiade di Parigi. Conseguì la laurea alla Columbia University. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. Maggio 1903 – 15. Marzo 1998
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Benjamin Spock Frasi e Citazioni

“Il latte e i suoi derivati non sono più indispensabili dopo i due anni di età. Altre fonti di calcio offrono molti benefici che questi prodotti non hanno.”

Benjamin Spock

Origine: Da Il bambino: come si cura e come si alleva, settima edizione; citato in Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Chi c'è nel tuo piatto? Tutta la verità su quello che mangi, traduzione di Nello Giugliano, Cairo editore, Milano, 2009, p. 206. ISBN 978-88-6052-218-4

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Benjamin Spock: Frasi in inglese

“Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.”

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Origine: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 103

“You know more than you think you do.”

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First sentence. This is printed beneath the heading "Trust Yourself" , and thus is often quoted as "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. "
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

“We used to recommend meat, poultry, and fish for children because they are rich in protein and iron. However, we now know that there are harmful effects of a meaty diet, particularly changes in the arteries and weight problems, and that these changes begin in childhood. When children develop a taste for meats, it is hard to break this habit later on. It turns out that children can get plenty of protein and iron from vegetables, beans, and other plant foods that avoid the fat and cholesterol that are in animal products.”

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Origine: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945), Seventh edition (1998), pp. 346-347

“This solution has great superficial appeal--all the excitement of secret, forbidden, romantic sexuality without family responsibility and family grubbiness.”

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Origine: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 62

“I no longer recommend dairy products after the age of two years. … Of course, there was a time when cow's milk was considered very desirable. But research, along with clinical experience, has forced doctors and nutritionists to rethink this recommendation. It is an area where there are still disagreements among scientists, but there are several points that most everyone agrees on. First of all, other calcium sources offer many advantages that dairy products do not have. Most green leafy vegetables and beans have a form of calcium that is absorbed as well as or even a bit better than that in milk. Along with this calcium come vitamins, iron, complex carbohydrates, and fiber. Calcium-enriched soy or rice drinks are just as tasty on cereal as cow's milk (once you get used to them), and they are free of animal proteins and cholesterol. These beverages, as well as calcium-enriched orange and other juices, provide as much calcium, ounce per ounce, as cow's milk. Vegetables and legumes can provide a healthy source of calcium, along with many other nutritional advantages.”

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Origine: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945), Seventh edition (1998), pp. 331-332

“I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.”

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Associated Press interview (1992)

“Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he's potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God.”

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Origine: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 13

“The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. All parents do their best job when they have a natural, easy confidence in themselves. Better to make a few mistakes from being natural than to try to do everything letter-perfect out of a feeling of worry.”

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Benjamin Spock libro The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

“I really learned it all from mothers.”

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Time magazine (8 April 1985)

“As parents and teachers we need to bring up more of our children with generosity of spirit.”

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Origine: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 132

“We used to think of cow's milk as a nearly perfect food. However, over the past several years, researchers have found new information that has caused many of us to change our opinion. This has provoked a lot of understandable controversy, but I have come to believe that cow's milk is not necessary for children. First, it turns out that the fat in cow's milk is not the kind of fat ("essential fatty acids") needed for brain development. Instead, milk fat is too rich in the saturated fats that promote artery blockages. Also, cow's milk can make it harder for a child to stay in iron balance. Milk is extremely low in iron and slows down iron absorption. It can also cause subtle blood loss in the digestive tract that causes the child to lose iron. … Some children have sensitivities to milk proteins, which show up as ear problems, respiratory problems, or skin conditions. Milk also has traces of antibiotics, estrogens, and other things a child does not need. There is, of course, nothing wrong with human breast milk — it is perfect for infants. For older children, there are many good soy and rice milk products and even nondairy "ice creams" that are well worth trying. If you are using cow's milk in your family, I would encourage you to give these alternatives a try.”

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Origine: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945), Seventh edition (1998), p. 346

“In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.”

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

“People have said, "You've turned your back on pediatrics." I said, "No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics."”

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Associated Press interview (1992)

“There are only two things a child will share willingly—communicable diseases and his mother's age.”

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

“The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.”

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

“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.”

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Quoted in Older & Wiser Edited by G. B. Dianda and B. J. Hofmayer (1995)

“Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.”

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)

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