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Dr. Benjamin Spock

Dr. Benjamin Spock. By Karissa doyle. Who is he?. John F. Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson. 1924 Olympics. America’s Baby Doctor. Martin Luther King Jr. Yale. (Vice) President. Vietnam War. Mildred Stoughton. Decorative Family History Mildred (Fifth of six children)

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Dr. Benjamin Spock

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  1. Dr. Benjamin Spock By Karissa doyle

  2. Who is he? John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson 1924 Olympics America’s Baby Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Yale (Vice) President Vietnam War

  3. Mildred Stoughton • Decorative Family History • Mildred (Fifth of six children) • Father- alcoholic, left for long periods of time, brought his mistress to the amusement park with Mildred(14) and left her there • Big influence • Mother- left father, beat children and locked them in closets, sometimes for days

  4. Benjamin Ives Spock • Lawyer from Yale • Mother never visited his family • Married in 1900 • Cold Spring Street, New Haven, CT • Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903)

  5. Family • Siblings: Hiddy, Betty, Anne, Bobby, Sally • “When he was little, he was too much in a dream to know there was any difference between girls and boys of any kind” • Hiddy = Spunky • Ben = Never stood up to his mom • Mother’s beliefs

  6. Dr. Emmett Holt • Bananas, cherries, berries • Stale bread • Regular Feeding- 1st week of life • Rocking- “useless and injurious habit” • Crying=Exercise • Kissing- only on the forehead and cheek, if necessary • Potty training- 2 months, same time

  7. Childhood • Ben • Man of the House • “You must have fresh air” • Fresh Aired School • 7 years old • Father • “Grave but Just” towards sons • “Cozy” towards daughters • Mother’s Favorite Child

  8. Education • Hamden Hall (12) • Mr. Babcock • Baseball • Dancing • Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts (16) • John Hancock, Paul Revere, Lees, Washingtons, Quinceys, Lowells • “We Spock children never got homesick” • High Jump 5’6”

  9. Yale- 1st year • “When you come back to New Haven to go to Yale next fall, you should live at home to try to recover your ideals” • 1921 • Roommates (2nd Half) • Couch • Car • “Why didn’t I die right on the spot? It would have been simpler than telling my father” • A gentleman’s C • English professor, architect, physician

  10. Rowing • “Why don’t you go out for a man’s sport?” • Ed Leader • June 1923 JV Yale vs. Harvard • “Crew is more efficient than Gasoline Engine” • 4 liters oxygen/minute • “as high a figure as has ever been measured on a man” • “As I worked up in crew I worked out of my depression. My self-image was changing.” • June 13th Philadelphia 6 minutes 9 sec

  11. “The best individual performer is B. M. Spock…in all the races which were rowed by Yale in 1924, he passed the stroke down his side of the shell with such smoothness and accuracy that he kept all forward of him in line”

  12. 1924 Olympics Paris

  13. Jane Cheney • Cinnie Cheney’s older sister • 17 • Proposal • “No, I’m very fond of you” • “There’s not a single man that could possibly be as interesting as any woman” • “Jane was the first person who took me seriously” • Poor self-image • June 25, 1927

  14. Married Life • Colombia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons • New York City • Graduates 1929 • Jane • Prohibition • “Jane Cheney Spock drew crowds and astonished everyone who knew her by the power with which she did it” • Dr. Draper- research assistant-psychoanalysis • Macy’s

  15. 1920’s-30’s • Began studying Freud • Peter Spock dies • Ben’s father dies • Practice Medicine • 1 year internship with pediatrics in New York Child Nursery and Hospital 1931 • Psychiatry Internship 1932

  16. Caroline B. Zachry • “Undisguised Freudian Concepts” • “developing an individual conscience” = superego • Michael Spock, born 1933 • Jane’s mother dies • Jane’s allowance • Opened up own pediatric clinic • Patients can call anytime • Work over Home life • Didn’t like asking for money

  17. Writing the book • Jane • 507 sections • Freud • “I wasn’t particularly trying to hide Freudian origins, but I was aware that I would lose my audience if I tried to drag in Freud too much.”

  18. Key parts of the book • “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do” • Show affection • Father’s role • No strict schedule • Discipline • Fresh air

  19. Fame in the 1940’s-50’s • World War II 1944 • John Spock April 20, 1944 • First “Spock Baby” • Teaching • 750,000 copies 1947 • Minnesota • $.01 for every book sold • 1 out of 5 • Over a dozen languages • Permissive • Taught preventative Psychiatry

  20. Western Reserve • John F. Kennedy 1960 • 1962 stands against nuclear testing • “It made me realize there wouldn’t be peace or disarmament unless people demanded it. My conscience told me I had to do something.” • SANE • National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy

  21. Merv Griffin Show 1966 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTDBL_U68XM we43der5

  22. The War at Home • Jane- Skin Cancer • Addiction • “emotional center for Spock family, the parent most able to express love and affection to their two sons.” • Mike • “doesn’t always listen to the nuance of what you’re saying. It may be just a piece of what you said, but he will fasten on it and it becomes a fixed idea.” • “Ben’s comments were not terribly subtle or thoughtful.” • His mother and father’s parenting skills…”it is very deeply ingrained in him.”

  23. Peace Movement • "It isn't enough to bring up children happy and secure, you need to provide a decent world for them.” • “I didn’t raise up an entire generation just to send them off to war.” • Grandfather • Lyndon B. Johnson • Vietnam War

  24. 1970’s • “His greatest ability is to rethink these things and to change.” • “Ben is very hard to get to know, I think.”- Berry Brazelton • “So, as kids, we were kind of angry at being used as sort of puppets.”- grandkids • “Well, I’m just back of him and don’t object to many things he wants to do, and make life as comfortable for him as possible.”- Jane • “Ben loved the idea that he was forever youthful.”

  25. On the rocks • “I suspect that Ben’s sudden fame and his love of it-because he does love it-was very hard on her. I think it took him away from her. And she probably did resort to alcoholism as a result of that.”-Berry Brazelton • “I think it was typical of Ben’s absorption in one thing and complete ignoring of very drastic situations around him.”- Hiddy • Divorced after 48 years

  26. Mary Morgan • Spaghetti

  27. Benjamin Spock dies March 15, 1998

  28. Discussion Questions • Why were people so much more willing to accept Spock than Freud? • What do you think parenting would be like today without Spock's book? • Spock had a lot of parenting advice, but why didn’t he follow it?

  29. Maier, Thomas. “Dr. Spock An American Life.” 1998. Harcort Brace and Company.

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