Babies are on our mind these days, and often for all the wrong reasons. It makes you wonder what America’s famous pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock, who died 25 years ago Wednesday, would say to us now ...

Dr. Benjamin Spock is remembered as one of the foremost authorities on raising children. His influential and prolific books, first published in the mid-1940s, advised parents to be more affectionate ...

Dr. Benjamin Spock’s "Baby and Child Care" book, first published in 1946, was a principal guide for parents in the post-World War II era. It is now in its 10th edition, with over 50 million copies ...

BRONXVILLE, New York -- The return of this summer’s Olympic Games to Paris 100 years after the 1924 Paris Olympics reminds us of how glamorous those earlier games, played at the height of the Jazz Age ...

In my case, at least, the timing was impeccable. Many decades ago this week, just as I was making my debut as a member of the human race, a young, largely unknown pediatrician published a book about ...

Nicolaus Mills’ July 21 commentary on Dr. Spock (Cleveland’s Dr. Benjamin Spock and his 1924 Olympic gold medal in Paris) was a refreshing case study of a person who acted on his values and confronted ...

In the pantheon of parenting gurus, Dr. Spock appears to have legendary staying power. Nowadays, there are shelves full of niche parenting books, offering advice on raising twins or singletons, ...

"There's no way I could have raised all these kids without help from Dr. Spock," I told my friend. "Who's Dr. Spock?" she answered. For a moment I was speechless — honest!! I thought everyone in my ...

For the nation’s antiwar and antidraft protesters, the decision rendered last week in Boston by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals was a less than resounding victory. True, the court over turned ...