Benjamin Spock

Benjamin Spock (1903-1998), popularly referred to as simply Dr. Spock, was a pediatrician who authored the widely influential child rearing text The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (first published in 1946 and with the last revised version published posthumously in 1998). While psychologist Jean Piaget is credited as the first child psychologist, Spock was the first pediatrician to apply psychoanalytical approaches to children in his works and treatment. "Dr. Spock" became a shorthand term for a child rearing expert.
Spock expressed support for Sesame Street, writing a positive article "Children, Television, and Sesame Street" for the July 1970 issue of Redbook, praising the use of adults and children of varying skin tones and backgrounds and predicting a positive impact on future generations.
==References==
*Oscar the Grouch, to support his claim that Gabi is a Grouch baby, brings out a copy of Dr. Crock's Grouch Baby Book in Sesame Street Episode 2703.
*Oscar dismisses Maria's advice on how to retrieve a blanket from Irvine in Episode 3384 with a curt "Oh yeah, Dr. Spock?"
*Another Spock-based baby book appears in Episode 3662. When Baby Natasha gets her baby horns, Humphrey gets a book, Everything You Wanted to Know About Baby Horns... But Had to Ask Me Because You Don't Have a Clue - and I Do "by the famous monster baby specialist Dr. Splotch."
*In the Farscape episode "They've Got a Secret," after asking Pilot what they should expect regarding Moya's pregnancy, John Crichton calls Pilot "Dr. Spock" and "Mr. Spock."
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