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Dr. Benjamin Spock: The World’s Pediatrician

Dr. Benjamin Spock: The World’s Pediatrician. Kaitlyn Peskie. Benjamin McLane Spock Lived May 2, 1903- March 15, 1998 From New Haven, Connecticut Oldest of 6 siblings Olympic Gold Medalist for rowing in 1924 Schooling

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Dr. Benjamin Spock: The World’s Pediatrician

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  1. Dr. Benjamin Spock:The World’s Pediatrician Kaitlyn Peskie

  2. Benjamin McLane Spock • Lived May 2, 1903- March 15, 1998 • From New Haven, Connecticut • Oldest of 6 siblings • Olympic Gold Medalist for rowing in 1924 • Schooling • Yale School of Medicine and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons • Wives • Jane Cheney • Mary Morgan

  3. Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care • Published in 1946 • 50 million copies • Translated to 39 languages “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”

  4. Basic Guidelines • Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense. • Each baby is an individual. • Love and affection over strict discipline • Listen to your baby and adapt to what they need.

  5. Dr. Spock’s influence • Life Magazine’s 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century • Book is still printed today • Has changed with society • Emphasis on both parents • Gay and lesbian parents • Adoption

  6. Interview Merv Griffin Show 1966 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTDBL_U68XM

  7. Dr. Spock and Human Communication • Identity • Childhood shapes individual identity • Verbal Communication • Encouraging and praising children • Nonverbal Communication • Showing affection • Hugging, kissing, playing • Book has changed over the past 65 years

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