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To: Grainne who wrote (131)	6/17/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 174

Actually you would not have disagreed with him-- Nor did I! I found him very down to earth. He was considered permissive when compared to the Victorian Era against which he reacted. He didn't believe in schedules, or spankings, he advocated breast feeding before it was popular, he told parents that they had not only the right to information, but that they also were smart enough to make the right decisions about their own child. He thought children should be enjoyed and that they were reasonable human beings for the most part, which I know you and I strongly believe. He was also a pacifist. When Alex says he was blamed for the problems of the 60s kids, he might be referring to when people like Spiro Agnew blamed the Vietnam protests on Spock's permissive childrearing theories. (Because they didn't willingly go off to war, I guess) My copy of his babycare book was dogeared and coverless when I finally got rid of it, spotted with formula and pablum and probably a few tears and other things I don't think I want to remember.