Dr. Spock: An American Life By Thomas Maier Harcourt Brace, 537 pages, $30 `Dr. Spock: An American Life” is more than a well-researched biography of America’s favorite baby doctor; it i… ...

Dr. Benjamin Spock is 91 and worried. Not about the usual things, like health — “I don’t feel great, but until two years ago I didn’t even feel old”; or love — he’s happily married ...

The seed of this rumor was undoubtedly planted when Dr. Spock's grandson Peter took his own life on December 25 in 1983 by jumping from the roof of Boston's Children's Museum.

When I was growing up, my mother had a secret lover, a man who guided her, consoled her and kept her company in her most private, panicked moments.Actually, although this man was mysterious and a ...

Dr. Benjamin Spock, the 20th-century icon of parenting expertise, has been replaced by a chorus of conflicting ideas and advice.

Pediatrician Dr Benjamin Spock, seen examining a child in 1964, revolutionized American child-rearing by advising parents to rely more on a loving “common sense” approach.

Dr. Becky is this parenting generation's Dr. Spock, soothing anxieties with Ivy League credentials, a good blowout and Goop-tinged language. Her new book, "Good Inside: A Guide To Becoming the ...