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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition
 

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition

by Benjamin Spock

The Classic Handbook -- Completely Up-To-Date
For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, In this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of childrearing in the new millennium -- including entirely new chapters about international adoption, coping with... (read more)

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Gena C
  • Rated 5 stars

“I wore out my copy of Dr. Spock's book when I was a new mom. Really good, timeless!”

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Earl
  • Rated 2 stars

“I heard Dr Spock speak on a few public occasions during the tumultuous '60s, and his politics were not then--and are even less now--my own.

That being said, however, Dr Spock, at least in this reprint of the 1957 "New Edition" of his 1945 childcare classic does not come across as permissive as he is often perceived to be. Consider his thoughts on punishment:

"In the olden days children were spanked plenty, and nobody thought much about it. Then a reaction set in, and many...”

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  • Rated 4.066667 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • taghreed a

    taghreed a said:

    “i have learened everything from dr spock, this book is no 1 to teach all mother how to deal with her/his baby”

    posted Sunday, December 16 2007
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