Benjamin Spock

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United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)

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Before Dr Spock's book came along, experts advised a strict routine above any show of affection.
She had Dr Spock's Baby and Child Care in her handbag, but she couldn't take it out here.
When it comes to firing procedures, Crowe is all Dr Spock, wearing his T-shirt with BOSS printed on the back.
The 82-year-old actor, who played the Dr Spock in 'Star Trek', revealed that he has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which obstructs sufferers' breathing as their airways narrow, on Twitter, the Mirror reported.
One newspaper suggested: "Maybe Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner (Dr Spock and Captain Kirk from Star Trek) should talk to them.
DEATH-DEFYING STAR Brian does MacVader and, left, in Dr Spock garb
Others include a Vulcan design depicting Dr Spock's signature greeting sign, Change featuring a clenched fist, and Peace, the iconic two fingered salute.
Others include a 'Vulcan' design depicting Dr Spock's signature greeting sign, 'Change' featuring a clenched fist, and 'Peace', the iconic two fingered salute.
Lesley Reynolds-Khan, of the Harley Street Medical Skin Clinic, says: "I think she's had too much botox and that's what has given her that Dr Spock look.
Imposing few rules, indulging and even participating in their bad behaviour, the trio create a kind of Lost Boys' idyll that owes more to Dr Seuss than Dr Spock.
The film, which opens in the UAE on May 7, is a prequel to the original series, and shows the rise of Captain Kirk (played by Chris Pine) and Dr Spock (Zachary Quinto), aboard the brand-spanking new Enterprise, fighting a Romulan from the future (Eric Bana).
King George and Queen Mary were not modern parents, they hadn't read Dr Spock or Miriam Stoppard," he laughs.
They badly underestimated the local people's knowledge of the fashionable psychiatry of the time, ranging from Freud to Dr Spock and the patients were never asked what they wanted.