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

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

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American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care 1903–1998

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

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