Two pioneers in the field of child rearing came forth to help guide parents in the developmental milestones that marked their children's lives. Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. William Spears both understood the importance of finding different methods to raising children and wrote a parenting book to help.
It is hard to imagine, as a parent, not giving continuous love and affection to a child. At one time this would have been viewed as coddling the child and spoiling him or her.
Life was hard and each day was filled with the struggle to quickly push responsibility onto the child. Fathers were never present during the birth and rarely assumed more than just a disciplinarian role. A parenting book, in any form, was unheard of.
Regardless of the strides achieved by both Dr. Spock and Dr. Sears, parents have to understand that a parenting book may not always hold all of the answers.
The best way to proceed is to read the books with an open mind and try implementing a few of the suggestions. It does not have to be about following one man's advice to the absolute letter. It is about learning and adapting as life changes.
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