If Dr. Benjamin Spock hadn't been cremated ... Spock was one of those who decried the spanking of children. According to The ...

A 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 ...

On the other hand, many parents "louse themselves up" by taking children too seriously and ... the more inhibited, Dr. Spock continued. Referring to the Kinsey reports, he stated that the college ...

Until Dr. Spock came along in the late 1940s, most babies were fed on a strict schedule. The hope was that they would soon come to follow a schedule and make life easier for the parents.

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 Care), now 91, writes in ...