Jane Cheney Spock
Significant Others
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Pediatrician - The Hardest Part of Their Job
In 1930s America, mothers everywhere were largely being taught that everything that came naturally to them was wrong. Ben looked for a residency that would combine both pediatrics and psychiatry, but there was no such thing. So he went for a residency in psychiatry alone. As part of his training, he underwent analysis, as Jane had done. But unlike Jane, he saw it largely as an intellectual exercise rather than an emotional one.
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