In my case, at least, the timing was impeccable. Many decades ago this week, just as I was making my debut as a member of the human race, a young, largely unknown pediatrician published a book about ...

In the pantheon of parenting gurus, Dr. Spock appears to have legendary staying power. Nowadays, there are shelves full of niche parenting books, offering advice on raising twins or singletons, ...

“Since he was the first of six children . . . his mother was particularly careful about what she fed him (after your second or third you don’t worry so much about what the book says), and in 1903 she ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Santa Monica Breast Surgeon and Founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center Kristi Funk, MD, FACS, received the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine at the International ...

Nicolaus Mills’ July 21 commentary on Dr. Spock (Cleveland’s Dr. Benjamin Spock and his 1924 Olympic gold medal in Paris) was a refreshing case study of a person who acted on his values and confronted ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

The list includes European royals, Darth Vader’s stunt double and an American World War II general Rosemary Counter Of these featured individuals, Benjamin Spock, Johnny Weissmuller and Harold Sakata ...