Silver Spoon, Outdoor School, and Blue Striped Suits: How Nepo Privilege Created the Ultimate Parenting Influencer

Did a privileged upbringing, Yale legacy admission, and dapper fashion sense establish Dr. Benjamin Spock as a trustworthy authority on child rearing?
Spock recording used with permission from WNYC Archive Collections.
References

• Bloom, Lynn. Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.
• Cooper, D. “Dr. Benjamin Spock.” WNYC. 1 October 1973.
• Kaye, Judith. The Life of Benjamin Spock. Twenty-First Century Books, 1993.
• Maier, Thomas. Dr. Spock: An American Life. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
• Needleman, Robert and Benjamin Spock. Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, 10th edition. Gallery Books, 2018.
• “Scroll and Key.” Wikipedia. Accessed 21 April 2023.
• Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1957.
• ---. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946.
• Spock, Benjamin, M.D. and Mary Morgan. Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up with the Century. Pantheon Books, 1985.

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