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...main job of a pediatrician is not to cure normal diseases--the children do that themselves--but rather to reassure the mother. This, in America, is a terribly difficult job." Difficult or not, the speaker, Dr. Benjamin Spock, could claim phenomenal success at the task. Known to countless young parents as the author of Baby and Child Care, he is the most famous baby-doctor in America today...
...tall, relaxed man with a good sense of humor, Dr. Spock discussed his own childhood at lunch with undergraduates in Lowell House. The eldest of six children ("with very strict parents"), he recalled that all his brothers and sisters had become involved in child care in one way or another: two became teachers, one a child psychologist, and one a Master at a prep school. Dr. Spock himself attended Andover and Yale, where he rowed on the Yale Olympic Crew...
Baby and Child Care first appeared in 1946. Since then, it has sold more than 15 million copies in this country, and has been translated into 26 languages. Although Dr. Spock has authored or co-authored four books since, it is this book which has made his world-wide reputation. Someone asked if his fame had drawbacks...
...recent years, Dr. Spock has become increasingly engaged in politics, first as a Kennedy supporter and now as co-chairman of SANE. "Some people have gotten pretty upset by my politicking. Whenever I used to campaign for Kennedy, I would get a few letters from mothers saying, 'I thought I could trust...
...about SANE are particularly strong: "What's the use of advising parents about ordinary diseases when the overwhelming danger is annihilation, fallout and the damage caused by the cold war psychology?" He went on to cite clinical studies of this damage in children. It is a characteristic of Dr. Spock that he states his ideas directly and simply, but is always able to back them up. Someone commented on this ability...