the same time, the widespread move to the suburbs broke up families, increasing parents' reliance on experts' advice over grandparents' advice. Although Spock's reputation has changed over time, he continued to be a leading authority on child care until his death. In 1990, Life magazine named Spock one of the 100 most important people of the twentieth century. Upon Spock's death in 1998, The New York Times noted that "babies do not arrive with owner's manuals ... But for three generations of American parents, the next best thing was Baby and Child Care ... Dr. Benjamin Spock ... breathed humanity and common sense into child-rearing". The book promoted prone sleeping for babies. This greatly increases a baby's risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Such advice led to over 60,000 deaths worldwide. Notes References Brody, Jane. “Personal Health; Feeding Children off the Spock Menu.” The New York Times, 30 June 1998. "Dr. Spock's Children." The New York Times, 17 March 1998. Hidalgo, Louise. "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care at 65." BBC World Service, 23 August 2011. Holt, Luther Emmett. The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1894. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed., s.v. "Spock, Benjamin 1903–1998." Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2008. pp. 61–63. Maier, Thomas. Dr. Spock: An American Life. New York: Basic Books, 2003. Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1946. Spock, Benjamin. "How My Ideas Have Changed." Redbook, October 1963. Spock, Benjamin, and Morgan, Mary. Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up with the Century. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. United States. Children's Bureau. "Infant Care," Infant Care, Washington, DC, no. 8. Watson, John B. Psychological Care of Infant and Child. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1928. Zimmermann, Gereon. "A Visit with Dr. Spock." Look, 21 July 1959. Parenting advice books Handbooks and manuals 1946 non-fiction books Duell, Sloan and Pearce books