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Since I received the first accusation twenty-two years after Baby and Child Care was originally published -- and since those who write about how harmful my book is invariably assure me they've never used it -- I think it's clear that the hostility is to my politics rather than my pediatric advice.

And though I've been denying the accusation for twenty-five years, one of the first questions I get from many reporters and interviewers is, " Doctor Spock, are you still permissive?

" You can't catch up with a false accusation.