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 ...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- In death even as in life, Dr. Benjamin Spock's pronouncements on raising children are sparking sharp debate. In the newly updated edition of the noted pediatrician's landmark book, ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, any household in which kids were being reared likely held a well-worn paperback copy of Dr. Benjamin Spock’s “Baby and Child Care.” Spock’s book, published in 1946 at the dawn ...

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 ...

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 ...

On May 2, popular baby doctor Benjamin Spock would have turned 100. The world-famous pediatrician changed the face of parenting with his soothing words of practical advice and his conviction to use ...

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 ...

Pocket Books is releasing two companion collections of essays by the bestselling Benjamin Spock, the author of Baby and Child Care, one of the most widely read parenting books ever written. Both are ...

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 ...

Dandling a copy of his bestselling baby book on one knee, Dr. Benjamin Spock, 64, attempted to define himself before the television cameras in his Manhattan apartment. “I’m not a pacifist,” declared ...