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Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. [3]
Dr. Benjamin Spock, U.S. pediatrician whose books on child-rearing influenced generations of parents and who was an opponent of the Vietnam War.
Mar 15, 1998 · Benjamin Spock, pediatrician (doctor who treats children) and political activist, was most noted for his book Baby and Child Care, which significantly changed widely held attitudes toward the raising of infants and children.
Mar 30, 1998 · But it is what he accomplished in between that made Dr. Benjamin Spock one of the most famous and controversial figures of his century. He single-handedly changed the way parents...
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is a book by American pediatrician Benjamin Spock and one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication in 1946 and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998.
Jan 3, 1999 · More than any other figure of our time, Benjamin Spock embodies the cultural contradictions of expertise -- and of our dependence on it. His most famous piece of advice -- ''Trust yourself. You...
Spock, Dr. Benjamin (1903-1998) By introducing new child-rearing techniques that contradicted those practiced for hundreds of years, pediatrician Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock changed the way several generations of parents raised their children.
Mar 17, 1998 · Dr. Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who gently coached anxious postwar parents to trust their ''own common sense,'' only to be blamed by some critics for the self-indulgence of...
Jul 14, 2011 · In honor of the book’s 65th birthday, here are five great Spock ideas that helped define America’s view of parenthood. 1) Trust your instincts. When Spock’s book came out in 1946, U.S....
Mar 15, 1998 · Pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock used his fame to bring attention to the Vietnam War and nuclear proliferation. In 1965 he encouraged Martin Luther King to join him in criticizing United States policy in Vietnam.
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