Original Signed Typed Letter From 1950s Baby Doctor Benjamin Spock - $45 - (Silver Spring, MD)

- Original Signed Letter - From: Dr. Benjamin SpockTo: Mrs. Eugene Watts Original TLS (typed letter signed) on Benjamin Spock, M. D. letterhead, dated January 4, 1962. Addressed to Mrs. Eugene Watts, thanking her for her comments on his book, "Baby and Child Care," and answering some concerns she had about raising children. A warm thoughtful letter with insightful information on the topic he was known for. Measures 7-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good condition with staple holes at each corner and some light rippling, plus typical folds from mailing. Benjamin McLane Spock (byname, Dr. Spock) born May 2, 1903, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 15, 1998, La Jolla, California. Dr. Spock is considered American's pediatrician whose books on child-rearing, especially his Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946; 6th ed., 1992), influenced generations of parents and made his name a household word. Spock received his medical degree in 1929 from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and trained for six years at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. He practiced pediatrics in New York City while teaching the subject at the Cornell University Medical College from 1933 to 1947. Spock wrote Baby and Child Care partly to counteract the rigid pediatric doctrines of his day, which emphasized strict feeding schedules for infants and discouraged open displays of affection between parent and child. Spock, by contrast, encouraged understanding and flexibility on the part of parents, and he stressed the importance of listening to children and appreciating their individual differences. From its first appearance in 1946, Baby and Child Care served as the definitive child-rearing manual for millions of American parents in the “baby boom” that followed World War II. Spock’s approach was criticized as overly permissive by a minority of physicians, and he was even blamed for having helped form the generation of young Americans that protested the Vietnam…

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