Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock interacting with children in 1979. His ...

“Since he was the first of six children . . . his mother was particularly careful about what she fed him (after your second or third you don’t worry so much about what the book says), and in 1903 she ...

Unlike some of Dr. Spock's 16 previous books, this one does not offer specific advice about children for their parents. Instead, the venerable Spock (Baby and Child ...

Such "reasonable indulgence," however, had limits. In 1947, the "crude opinions" of patients were still held in such low esteem that pediatricians routinely gave anxious new mothers detailed schedules ...

The sequel, Dr. Spock's The School Years, addresses the preschool years through adolescence, tackling issues like sibling rivalry, education, popularity, discipline, drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, ...

Back in the late 80’s when my wife and I were expecting our first child, of course we turned to the two primary resources that detailed everything a new parent should know about becoming a parent: Dr.

Babies are on our mind these days, and often for all the wrong reasons. It makes you wonder what America’s famous pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock, who died 25 years ago Wednesday, would say to us now ...