Lucy quotes one sentence from Dr Benjamin Spock's "Baby and Child Care" to support her position that Little Ricky should not go to nursery school: "A good nursery school does not take the place of home." Ricky is suspicious, so he takes the book, repeats what Lucy has read, then continues the quotation: "A good nursery school doesn't take the place of the home; it adds to it. Most children benefit from a good nursery school. It is particularly valuable for the only child, for the child without much chance to play with others, and for the child who lives in a small apartment." Ricky's reading is faithful to the original, except that he leaves out the last part of Spock's advice: ". . . for the child whose mother finds him difficult to manage for any reason." (from the Pocket Book Edition, 1956, p.275
Pushing government pre school...