Dr Benjamin Spock By Kim Wellnitz Who is
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Dr. Benjamin Spock By: Kim Wellnitz
![Who is he? • Dr. Spock is a baby doctor • Wrote books on Who is he? • Dr. Spock is a baby doctor • Wrote books on](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-2.jpg)
Who is he? • Dr. Spock is a baby doctor • Wrote books on child care • His work influenced how Americans’ brought up an entire generation of young people.
![Early Life • • Born May 2 nd, 1903 New Haven, CT Strict New Early Life • • Born May 2 nd, 1903 New Haven, CT Strict New](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-3.jpg)
Early Life • • Born May 2 nd, 1903 New Haven, CT Strict New England family Oldest of 6 children – Benny, Hiddy, Betty, Anne, Bobby, Sally – Spock helped take care of his siblings in various ways • His Mother’s pride and joy
![Parents • Mother – Mildred Spock – Very strict rules on her children • Parents • Mother – Mildred Spock – Very strict rules on her children •](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-4.jpg)
Parents • Mother – Mildred Spock – Very strict rules on her children • Enforced mostly all the rules upon her children – Loved taking care of her children – Father abandonment – Discipline began for her children when they became toddlers – Thought sex was dangerous
![Parents • Father – Benjamin Spock – a Yale graduate and long-time general counsel Parents • Father – Benjamin Spock – a Yale graduate and long-time general counsel](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-5.jpg)
Parents • Father – Benjamin Spock – a Yale graduate and long-time general counsel of the New Haven Railroad – Not too involved in Ben’s life
![Need for Fresh Air • Mothers wishes for her children to always have fresh Need for Fresh Air • Mothers wishes for her children to always have fresh](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-6.jpg)
Need for Fresh Air • Mothers wishes for her children to always have fresh air • Make children sleep on “sleeping porch” – No matter how cold • Pure, chaste, wholesome • Dr. Luther Emmett Holt – leading expert of the day
![School • Went to many schools as a child • Mother was never satisfied School • Went to many schools as a child • Mother was never satisfied](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-7.jpg)
School • Went to many schools as a child • Mother was never satisfied – Home school • Harsh on Ben’s learning ability – Mrs. Ogden’s Home School • 2 years – Public school • Worthington Hooker • 3 months – Fresh air school
![Later Schooling • Hamdan Hall Boys School – – Private preparatory schools Bad grades Later Schooling • Hamdan Hall Boys School – – Private preparatory schools Bad grades](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-8.jpg)
Later Schooling • Hamdan Hall Boys School – – Private preparatory schools Bad grades Looked up to his teacher Loved to dance • Andover Boarding School – Loved to sneak away from mother – Never missed home – Very good track athlete
![College • Yale – attended from 1921 to 1925 – majoring in English literature College • Yale – attended from 1921 to 1925 – majoring in English literature](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-9.jpg)
College • Yale – attended from 1921 to 1925 – majoring in English literature • Worked at a summer camp where children had polio – Crippled – After working with these kids he wanted to become a children's doctor • senior society--- Scroll and Key
![Yale - Cont. • Continued high jump • Joined the crew team – represented Yale - Cont. • Continued high jump • Joined the crew team – represented](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-10.jpg)
Yale - Cont. • Continued high jump • Joined the crew team – represented the United States in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France. – gold medalist • Met his future wife, Jane Cheney – Spent countless hours writing letters to each other
![Medical School • Wanted to become a pediatrician – Yale Medical School in 1925 Medical School • Wanted to become a pediatrician – Yale Medical School in 1925](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-11.jpg)
Medical School • Wanted to become a pediatrician – Yale Medical School in 1925 • Between 1933 and 1944 – Spock practiced pediatric medicine – At the same time he taught pediatrics at Cornell Medical College
![Married Man • Married Jane Chesney • Moved to New York – Little money Married Man • Married Jane Chesney • Moved to New York – Little money](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-12.jpg)
Married Man • Married Jane Chesney • Moved to New York – Little money – Allowance – transferred to Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons – graduated 1 st in his class
![Dr. George Draper • Jane – Looking for a job – His research assistant Dr. George Draper • Jane – Looking for a job – His research assistant](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-13.jpg)
Dr. George Draper • Jane – Looking for a job – His research assistant – Participant in his psychological studies • Jane comes home upset – Spock begins studying Freud to understand the changes in his wife's disposition.
![First Born Child • Baby Peter – Born early – He died shortly after First Born Child • Baby Peter – Born early – He died shortly after](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-14.jpg)
First Born Child • Baby Peter – Born early – He died shortly after birth • Ben blamed death of his first born son with his guilt over having sex • Mothers warning – Sexual thoughts would cause his children to be born deferred or worse • Shortly after babies death Ben’s father dies from heart attack
![Research • Donates his son’s body for research • Spock then realizes his dream Research • Donates his son’s body for research • Spock then realizes his dream](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-15.jpg)
Research • Donates his son’s body for research • Spock then realizes his dream of becoming a baby doctor • Joined an internship in pediatrics – Spent many hours with mothers answering their questions to put their minds at ease
![Parents Questions • Spock's experience with children made him realize that half the questions Parents Questions • Spock's experience with children made him realize that half the questions](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-16.jpg)
Parents Questions • Spock's experience with children made him realize that half the questions parents asked related to psychological issues. • He became convinced that pediatricians should have training in psychology • Looked back to Sigmund Freud's insights and work – Focused on his stages of development • Provided a better framework • Encourage child development other than the harsh and rigid approach of his own parents.
![Freud • Spock looked to Freud and his work • Not only was his Freud • Spock looked to Freud and his work • Not only was his](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-17.jpg)
Freud • Spock looked to Freud and his work • Not only was his new approach on the ideas of Freud, but also on John Dewey • He knew he would lose audience if he tried to drag in Freud too much.
![Practice • Psychiatric residency at Cornell college – One year – Most patients were Practice • Psychiatric residency at Cornell college – One year – Most patients were](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-18.jpg)
Practice • Psychiatric residency at Cornell college – One year – Most patients were schizophrenics and manic depressants – Agreed most with psychoanalysis • Opened his own pediatric practice in 1933 – East side of New York – Learn as much as possible about Freud and his theories
![Self-Analysis • Spock thought he himself should be analyzed – Believed it to be Self-Analysis • Spock thought he himself should be analyzed – Believed it to be](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-19.jpg)
Self-Analysis • Spock thought he himself should be analyzed – Believed it to be successful – Discovered to Oedipus complex • Mother and father issues – Thought to use psychoanalysis in his own practice
![Pediatric Psychoanalysis • Started to think about child rearing • Early weaning, harsh toilet Pediatric Psychoanalysis • Started to think about child rearing • Early weaning, harsh toilet](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-20.jpg)
Pediatric Psychoanalysis • Started to think about child rearing • Early weaning, harsh toilet training, mothers affection • Caroline B. Zackry • Introduced Spock to Dewey’s idea of learning by doing and children are anxious learners • His own practice was becoming successful
![Trying for Children…Again • After many miscarriages • Gave birth to second son Michael Trying for Children…Again • After many miscarriages • Gave birth to second son Michael](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-21.jpg)
Trying for Children…Again • After many miscarriages • Gave birth to second son Michael – Healthy – Raised and brought up according to Holt • Holt (Early 20 -30’s) – Strict schedules – Not too much coddling – If have to kiss child do so on the cheek or forehead
![Becoming a Doctor • 1937 Spock became a board-certified pediatrician • Increasingly captivated with Becoming a Doctor • 1937 Spock became a board-certified pediatrician • Increasingly captivated with](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-22.jpg)
Becoming a Doctor • 1937 Spock became a board-certified pediatrician • Increasingly captivated with the goal of changing America's child-rearing practices. • Ready to put his brand of advice into book form
![Writing his book • Began to write his book in 1941 • Thought mothers Writing his book • Began to write his book in 1941 • Thought mothers](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-23.jpg)
Writing his book • Began to write his book in 1941 • Thought mothers seem to have same basic problems, including the need for basic information • Jane supported the idea and help to construct the book – Typed and edited the book – Many hours
![Message in the book • Trust yourselves-you know more than you think you do! Message in the book • Trust yourselves-you know more than you think you do!](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-24.jpg)
Message in the book • Trust yourselves-you know more than you think you do! • It would embody the most up-to-date answers to all the problems that mothers might encounter during their children's development from infancy through puberty. • It would seek to correct the deficiencies of his own upbringing – (as revealed through psychoanalysis). • He hoped it would revolutionize the way children were raised. • Treat as individuals • Importance of father figures
![THE Book, Navy, and Baby • WWII- Spock enlisted as Navy Psychiatrist in 1944 THE Book, Navy, and Baby • WWII- Spock enlisted as Navy Psychiatrist in 1944](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-25.jpg)
THE Book, Navy, and Baby • WWII- Spock enlisted as Navy Psychiatrist in 1944 – Very bored • Jane was pregnant with second son John – First “Spock Baby” • Ben and Jane continued to write his book through phone calls and letters
![Struggles Continue • Ben gets transferred with the navy to California – Jane goes Struggles Continue • Ben gets transferred with the navy to California – Jane goes](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-26.jpg)
Struggles Continue • Ben gets transferred with the navy to California – Jane goes with and children stay in New York – John gets sick and Jane decides to go back – Lasted for 2 years in Navy
![Publication • Spock’s Book gets published!! • The Common Sense Book of Baby and Publication • Spock’s Book gets published!! • The Common Sense Book of Baby and](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-27.jpg)
Publication • Spock’s Book gets published!! • The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care • 25 cents per book
![THE BOOKS SUCCESS • 750, 000 copies sold in first year • Translated in THE BOOKS SUCCESS • 750, 000 copies sold in first year • Translated in](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-28.jpg)
THE BOOKS SUCCESS • 750, 000 copies sold in first year • Translated in many languages • Sold millions within the first several years • Mothers lived by the book • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=FTDBL_U 68 XM
![Minnesota • 1946 -- Spock accepted a job working at the Mayo Clinic Minnesota • 1946 -- Spock accepted a job working at the Mayo Clinic](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-29.jpg)
Minnesota • 1946 -- Spock accepted a job working at the Mayo Clinic – Child Heath Institute • • Moved there in his 40’s with wife and children Jane missed New York Spock began to grow closer to son Michael Program fell through after death of Spock’s boss
![Marriage Troubles • 1951– Spock moved to take a position as a teacher at Marriage Troubles • 1951– Spock moved to take a position as a teacher at](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-30.jpg)
Marriage Troubles • 1951– Spock moved to take a position as a teacher at U-Pittsburg • Jane was once again unhappy with the move and Ben – Turned to alcohol – Ben’s lack of attention to her – 3 years later Jane has mental breakdown from her unhappiness
![Moving Again!! • 1958– moved to Cleveland – Conducted child rearing studies – His Moving Again!! • 1958– moved to Cleveland – Conducted child rearing studies – His](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-31.jpg)
Moving Again!! • 1958– moved to Cleveland – Conducted child rearing studies – His focus was on everyday life problems – Psychological help • Study made significant observations • he resigned in order to devote himself more fully to the antiwar movement
![Fame and Politics • Spock began a nationwide TV show in 1955 and went Fame and Politics • Spock began a nationwide TV show in 1955 and went](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-32.jpg)
Fame and Politics • Spock began a nationwide TV show in 1955 and went on to write a monthly magazine column. • In the early '60 s – he became politically active – joining in the protest over the development and testing of nuclear weapons. • Campaigned for nuclear disarmament and against the war in Vietnam – arrested in protest demonstrations.
![Running for Office • 1960 – Campaigned for President Kennedy • 1962 to 1967 Running for Office • 1960 – Campaigned for President Kennedy • 1962 to 1967](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-33.jpg)
Running for Office • 1960 – Campaigned for President Kennedy • 1962 to 1967 - a co-chairman of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, known as SANE • 1972 -- he actually ran for U. S. president as a left-wing third-party candidate.
![Struggles • His child-centered approach was often misapplied or taken to extremes. • He Struggles • His child-centered approach was often misapplied or taken to extremes. • He](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-34.jpg)
Struggles • His child-centered approach was often misapplied or taken to extremes. • He began to feel the heat of public criticism. • The “Spock babies” were adults now with their own children – and the so-called Spockmarks were beginning to show.
![Serving time • Spock was arrested at various protest demonstrations • In 1968, a Serving time • Spock was arrested at various protest demonstrations • In 1968, a](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-35.jpg)
Serving time • Spock was arrested at various protest demonstrations • In 1968, a Boston court convicted him of conspiring to counsel evasion of the draft. – sentenced to two years in prison – fined $5, 000 – the conviction was reversed in 1969 by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on the ground of insufficient evidence. • By the time he turned 80 – in 1985, he had been arrested a dozen times for civil disobedience, but he did not stop.
![More Struggles • Grandson Peter commits suicide Ø schizophrenic • Spock asks for separation More Struggles • Grandson Peter commits suicide Ø schizophrenic • Spock asks for separation](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-36.jpg)
More Struggles • Grandson Peter commits suicide Ø schizophrenic • Spock asks for separation from Jane Ø Campaigning during the Vietnam War Ø wife's repeated breakdowns Ø induced by alcoholism Ø medication abuse Ø shattered the image of the ideal family man.
![Family Issues • 1976 - Jane and Spock’s marriage ended – 48 years together Family Issues • 1976 - Jane and Spock’s marriage ended – 48 years together](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-37.jpg)
Family Issues • 1976 - Jane and Spock’s marriage ended – 48 years together • Married again – Mary Morgan – who had formerly arranged speeches and workshops for him – 40 years younger – Needed someone to love him for what he had become – Lasted 22 years
![Final Moments • Formally retired in 1967 • Health began to fail in the Final Moments • Formally retired in 1967 • Health began to fail in the](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-38.jpg)
Final Moments • Formally retired in 1967 • Health began to fail in the 1980 s – Chronic bronchitis and suffered a stroke in 1989 • Ben Spock passed away at the age of 94 (March 15, 1998) • His ashes are buried in Rockport, Maine
![Interesting Finding • Dr. Lipschitz (90’s cartoon Rugrats) Interesting Finding • Dr. Lipschitz (90’s cartoon Rugrats)](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-39.jpg)
Interesting Finding • Dr. Lipschitz (90’s cartoon Rugrats)
![Discussion • Many ideas in the book were branched off from Freud’s ideas. Do Discussion • Many ideas in the book were branched off from Freud’s ideas. Do](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h/f42cad9365350f9e611ddbef03ac348e/image-40.jpg)
Discussion • Many ideas in the book were branched off from Freud’s ideas. Do you think if people knew this, they would have raised their children by Spock’s work? • Do you think his techniques could or should be used today? Would you raise your children by his techniques?
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