Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Venkatachalam Salem
The Common Sense Book of Baby and ChildCare by Benjamin Spock . . Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, selling 5,00,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication in 1946, and 50 million by the time of Spock’s death in 1998. . . As of 2011, the book had been translated into 39 languages. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Synopsis "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" is arranged by topics corresponding to the child’s age, ranging from infancy to teenage years. Drawn from his career as a pediatrician, Spock's advice is comprehensive, dealing with topics such as preparing for the baby, toilet training, school, illnesses, and "special problems" like "separated parents" and "the fatherless child". Unlike leading child care experts prior to the 1940s, Spock supports flexibility in child-rearing, advising parents to trea