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Benjamin spock s common sense book of baby and child care probably didnt look like much when it first came out in 1946 just in time for the baby boom. Spock repeatedly revised his own book over the years, and, for the fifth and sixth editions, which appeared in 1985 and 1992 respectively, he had a coauthor. The product i received is the much less exciting 1976 revised edition of the book. Benjamin spock has 36 books on goodreads with 8385 ratings. It became the widelyaccepted bible on child rearing, and much of the advice dr.
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