My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or spanked. His landmark 1946 book, “The Common ...

Many in the current cohort look to Emily Oster, an economist who urges mothers and fathers to use the best data to make ...

The "Star Trek" legend's only son will discuss his memoir at the annual space-themed event.

Primarily the chief science officer on the starship Enterprise, Spock is a fixture on the bridge and the best friend of ...

There are some outspoken celebrities, such as Jane Fonda. But Dr. Spock holds a unique position as both a once-trusted member of the establishment, and a radical capable of rattling the government.

The trial of Dr. Benjamin I. Spock and four other men--including a Harvard graduate student--on charges of counseling others to refuse the draft is scheduled to begin today in Boston's federal court.

Yet here was Spock telling the House of Medicine that every mother could trust her own instincts and feed her baby "when he seems hungry, irrespective of the hour." [2] Cry and be fed, and damn ...

Every generation has its parent whisperer. My mother and father had Benjamin Spock, the pediatrician who promoted the revolutionary idea that children should be cherished and held, not whipped or ...

Author Emily Oster, right, at a book reading in Washington last year. (Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Emily Oster) ...