Time Magazine
The May 21, 2012 cover of Time magazineBreastfeeding is a wonderful and natural thing for a mother and child. It's nutritional as well as bonding.
Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, is shown on the cover of Time Magazine breastfeeding her son, Aram, who turns 4 in June. She also has an adopted son who is 5.
Wife and mother of two by way of birth and Ethiopian adoption. Advocate of adoptive breastfeeding. Also a supporter of fighting maternal mortality in Africa. As shown on her Twitter account.
How do you feel about the Time cover? Would it be appropriate for the cover to be seen by kids in stores? Did the magazine bring to light a topic that we need to be more comfortable with and talk about? Or, is Time using attachment parenting as a means to sell magazines?
How do you feel about breastfeeding a preschooler? What would you say to your kids if they were to see a preschooler be breastfed? Or, in school talking to a child about being breastfed?
There has been a lot of controversy about this story. It has stirred up a hornets nest about breastfeeding. Whichever side of this story you are on may differ from how you feel about moms who discreetly breastfeed babies in public. It does for me.
1 comment:
In some countries it is not an option not to breast feed, but in their country it is.
I chose not to as knew I would be going back to work in 6 weeks and having to get up with a baby was going to be enough to deal with and did not need leaky boobs on top of it, but do understand their are many benefits for both mother and baby and think it is great if it works out for them, but I still think they should be discreet.
However, I think a baby should be weened off a breast the same time you would a bottle to foster the child's independence and after the child is a certain age, it just get creepy, and especially the way the cover is staged - antiseptic, cold, and sensationalized to sell magazines.
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