Is Time Magazine's Breastfeeding Right or Wrong?

by (▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) Posted 2012/05/10 20:40:02

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	Right	27 votes	33%
	Wrong	56 votes	67%

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beach bum 2012/05/20 02:56:07

Wrong

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not

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C-ZAR™, Emperor of the PHÆT 2012/05/13 14:02:33

Right

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Americas obsession with the Breast continues

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Grabitz 2012/05/13 12:17:02

Right

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Free milk , keeps the grocery bill down in these hard times . Every little bit helps .

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PeaceLoveHappiness 2012/05/13 03:34:10

Wrong

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Why does this women feel the need to show her naked breast to the entire world? She might as well showed the entire body naked since she has no shame. And I believe that she will love flirting with pornography by doing it.

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P. Sturm 2012/05/13 02:39:12

Right

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If you don't like it, don't buy the mag. It's simple.

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Lovita 2012/05/12 09:34:52

Wrong

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I wish this question had an "other" vote. IF the child pictured, has a mentally challenged issue and his doctors say he will benefit psychologically by prolonged breastfeeding (in private, of course), that's one thing. But in America, a majority of people just aren't prepared to see something like this. It's a bit way over the edge.
This mother should not have gone public with the picture and subject matter. What kind of effect will this picture have on her son when he's in middle school or high school?
Is Time magazine having a slump in sales?

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PEGGY C 2012/05/12 05:55:12

Wrong

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I think when a kid is old enough to run up to his'her mother, pull out a nipple and start to feed, that's too old.

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enlightened one 2012/05/11 21:01:41

Wrong

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I believe that breastfeeding is the best way to feed your baby and that it is private. A big child with teeth does not need human breast milk for nutrition. All six of my children were breastfed and were wean around about a year. They all turned out okay. A big boy will grow up and be embarrassed that his mom had him on the cover of TIME like this.

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Kalayaan 001 2012/05/11 19:36:51 (edited)

Right

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It isn't immoral. It's permissible.

Many of the comments here just state that the kid is "too old" to be breastfed.

The verdict would probably depend on the standards of a given society. If David Louis is right in his book 2201 Fascinating Facts, it was not unusual for mothers to breastfeed their children up to their 7th year in Medieval China.

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PEGGY C to Kalayaa... 2012/05/12 05:56:55

MEDIEVEL, It;s not Medievel times now

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MadAsHEck 2012/05/11 17:29:45

Wrong

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Picture Wrong for a Major News Source.

As to the Article, it's nobody's business except the mothers involved.

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Donald Eric Kesler 2012/05/11 13:08:26

Right

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I am gong to go with right because I've not seen evidence to support those who claim it is wrong. Ideally, this poll should have had an undecided option.

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Kazaira 2012/05/11 07:00:31

Wrong

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poor little boy >.<

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Me 2012/05/11 05:23:47

Wrong

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wow

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Vinny 2012/05/11 04:33:40

Wrong

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So wrong !!

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Wonder Woman 2012/05/11 04:17:02
PEGGY C to Wonder ... 2012/05/12 06:09:33

Age 6??? They are in School---imagine the teasing a kid goes through as it is in school today---kids that age can probably go up to thir mother, pull out a nipple and start feeding---You don't see that as a poroblem? Someone commented that a kid shouldn't remember being breastfed. not consciously, anyway. that is almost Child abuse, Breastfeeding until 6

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PEGGY C to Wonder ... 2012/05/12 06:10:58

or, sounds like a mother with emotional problems, real issues, who would breatfeed her kid until 6 years old. She should get help, not inflict a kid with her problems.

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Wonder ... to PEGGY C 2012/05/13 03:59:27
La 2012/05/11 03:05:51

Wrong

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Kid's too old

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ladyjane 2012/05/11 02:45:45

Wrong

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When he is potty trained, sitting at the table, drinking from a cup, and eating table food with his first set of teeth - then he is too old to breast feed... The mother needs a wake up call!

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☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/05/11 02:35:15

Wrong

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That kid is too old to breast feed.

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Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/05/11 02:18:00

Wrong

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It's coming out tomorrow and I'm going to deliver that to decent Americans....how sad is that?

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Kat to Gracie ... 2012/05/11 11:38:02

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Very sad, They'll do anything to sell their junk anymore.

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nverumind 2012/05/11 00:57:00

Right

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They are right and breastfeeding is very healthy for a developing child, and since the most important brain developing happens in the first 5 years, its justifiable. BUT that being said, my kid got teeth and they were off the T**, nuff said! its just kinda creepy any older than a year.

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gregaj7 2012/05/11 00:53:54

Right

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I'm fine with it.

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justfred 2012/05/11 00:53:23

Right

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...but breast feeding a kid that old is wrong.

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LAAD Gunner - USMC 2012/05/11 00:53:23

Wrong

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Umm...that kid is WAY to old to be breast feeding like that. That's sick. If the picture showed the woman holding a one year old nursing, this would be a different story. But this? Is just wrong.

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PEGGY C to LAAD Gu... 2012/05/12 05:58:22

i agree, it's almost Pedophilic, with a kid that old

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gadget 2012/05/11 00:50:36

Wrong

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This picture does not portray parenting,I find it offensive, in the least the child is being exploited.

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ConLibFraud 2012/05/11 00:37:44

Right

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There is nothing wrong with breastfeeding. Besides, men breastfeed don't they?

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nverumind to ConLibF... 2012/05/11 00:58:18

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all men just made a mental statment " I plead the fifth" hahaha

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ConLibF... to nverumind 2012/05/11 01:01:33

+1
:)

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Katfish 2012/05/11 00:34:28

Wrong

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That kid is way too big, although, I hear in Europe they go up to 3. Man thats weird.

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Reggie☮ 2012/05/11 00:30:05

Wrong

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He's too old. Will she go to school with him when he's 5 and breast feed him during lunch???

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erica s. 2012/05/11 00:01:39

Wrong

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O.o^ ......... ew. It's ok for babies but not him no. Um even if its for babies i wish they wouldn't do that in public.

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Jacksane 2012/05/10 23:41:28

Right

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The kid's pretty old, but breast feeding itself is natural and there's no reason to get up in arms over this. Every parent raises their kid the way they think is best. As long as she's not beating the child or neglecting him its no one else's business.

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umapathy Krishnamurthy 2012/05/10 23:39:32

Right

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Nothing wrong

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adhikari_2000 2012/05/10 23:31:18

Wrong

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It is commercially wrong, but scientifically more or less correct which should not popped American society..Mother's breastfeeding to son is a sense of duty is useful in work here, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.Thank you all. God blesses America.

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Fran-Halen 2012/05/10 23:31:15

Wrong

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There comes a time when you have to sever the umbilical cord.

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