Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903–March 15, 1998), widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American pediatrician [1] and left-wing political activist. [2] His book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of ...

2025年3月11日 · Benjamin Spock (born May 2, 1903, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 15, 1998, La Jolla, California) was an American 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. Benjamin Spock (left), 1955.

Dr. Benjamin Spock is the most trusted name in child care today, as well as being the most famous pediatrician worldwide. His reassuring and commonsense advice has shaped parenting practices for over half a century.

2018年10月2日 · Generations of parents have relied on the influential bestseller Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care as the most authoritative and reliable guide for child care. This timeless yet up-to-date edition has been revised and expanded by Dr. Robert Needlman, a top-notch pediatrician who shares Dr. Spock’s philosophy and has applied his research in ...

1998年3月15日 · Benjamin Spock, pediatrician (doctor who treats children) and political activist, was most noted for his book Baby and Child Care, which significantly changed widely held attitudes toward the raising of infants and children.

1998年3月30日 · But it is what he accomplished in between that made Dr. Benjamin Spock one of the most famous and controversial figures of his century. He single-handedly changed the way parents raise their...

2013年3月15日 · Dr. Benjamin Spock has been at the forefront of child care since he first made a splash seven decades ago. His advice has been religiously followed by some, dismissed as kooky by others;...

2023年11月21日 · Dr. Benjamin Spock was an advocate of peace and spoke out against the Vietnam War. Protesting the war aligned Spock with other activists who were also vocal about their distaste for war.

1998年3月15日 · Pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock used his fame to bring attention to the Vietnam War and nuclear proliferation. In 1965 he encouraged Martin Luther King to join him in criticizing United States policy in Vietnam. King participated in his first anti-war demonstration in March 1967, alongside Spock.

2011年7月14日 · True, Dr. Benjamin Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care probably didn't look like much when it first came out in 1946 — just in time for the baby boom. But with his conversational...