Word: spock
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Without realizing it, many American mothers, under the aegis of benevolent permissiveness and the pressure of civic obligations, actually neglect their children (see box). Others, imbued by Dr. Spock with the notion that every child has a unique potential and that it is her mission to create a near-perfect being, become the child's shadow, with equally damaging results, according to Brandeis Sociologist Philip Slater. The child soon recognizes that he is the center of an extraordinary effort and that his happiness is a matter of great stakes. He will seldom turn out exactly as planned, and when family...
...book. The reason is that it is the long-awaited sequel to Mastering the Art of French Cooking, now better known as Julia I. If Julia Child's TV show is the Sesame Street of the food world, the cookbook she wrote with Simone Beck is its Dr. Spock. Step by rational step, it dispels the fears and dreads involved in cooking more than the simplest meal...
...studio is modestan old movie theater on Manhattan's upper Broadwaythe budget is an impressive $28,000 per show. Yet because of its wide popularity, the switched-on school reaches its audience at a cost of about a penny per child; "a bargain," says Dr. Benjamin Spock, "if I ever...
Penis Envy. Although his book is addressed to teenagers, Spock digresses to take issue with the Women's Liberation Movement. He insists that woman's place is mostly at home, at least until children are seven or eight years old. He cites penis envy-a concept scorned by feminists-as a factor in the rivalry between men and women. To diminish the rivalry, he would have parents rear boys like boys and girls like girls, because "treating the two sexes alike pits them against each other...
During an interview last week, Spock was reminded that Vice President Agnew has blamed him for the permissive attitudes that have encouraged the revolutionary tendencies of youth. "I was never permissive," Spock protested laughingly. "But I would be proud if I were responsible in a small way for youth's idealism and courage." In his new book, Spock displays a courage of his own-the courage to be conventional in an unconventional...