Dr Benjamin Spock wrote books on what subject?
Benjamin Spock By the late 1960s however, Spock's opposition to the Vietnam War had damaged his reputation; the 1968 edition of "Baby and Child Care" sold half as many copies of the prior edition. Later in life Spock wrote a book entitled "Dr. Spock on Vietnam" and co-wrote an autobiography entitled "Spock on Spock" (with Mary Morgan Spock), in which he stated his attitude toward aging: "Delay and Deny". In the seventh edition of "Baby and Child Care," published a few weeks after he died, Spock advocated for a bold change in children's diets, recommending that all children switch to a vegan
Benjamin Spock on anecdotal evidence rather than serious academic research. Spock was an activist in the New Left and anti Vietnam War movements during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the time, his books were criticized for propagating permissiveness and an expectation of instant gratification which allegedly led young people to join these movements—a charge that Spock denied. Spock also won an Olympic gold medal in rowing in 1924 while attending Yale University. Benjamin McLane Spock was born May 2, 1903, in New Haven, Connecticut; his parents were Benjamin Ives Spock, a Yale graduate and long-time general counsel of the New Haven