Dr. Benjamin Spock
"Some fathers have been brought up to think that the care of babies and children is the mother's job entirely. This is the wrong idea. You can be a warm father and a real man at the same time. We know that the father's closeness and friendliness to his children will have a vital effect on their spirits and characters for the rest of their lives. So the time for him to begin being a real father is right at the start."
From Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946) reprinted in Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children, Anya Jabour, ed., Wadsworth, Cengage Learning 2005, United States, p. 372
"Some fathers have been brought up to think that the care of babies and children is the mother's job entirely. This is the wrong idea. You can be a warm father and a real man at the same time. We know that the father's closeness and friendliness to his children will have a vital effect on their spirits and characters for the rest of their lives. So the time for him to begin being a real father is right at the start."
From Benjamin Spock, The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946) reprinted in Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children, Anya Jabour, ed., Wadsworth, Cengage Learning 2005, United States, p. 372
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