Sunday, July 17, 2011

How Young Girls Learn to Breastfeed

In my social framework over the past more than a half-century that I can remember (sorry, my memories of age 0-9 are vague), the 'facts-of-life' included mothers breastfeeding. It was accepted and normal behavior. My wife engaged in the practice for our five - in Israel, the US, England and the Continent.

My married daughter with her four the same.

So, along comes this doll and our liberals are alarmed:

New Doll That Teaches How To Breast Feed Causing Controversy

A new doll hitting stores in the U.S. is causing some controversy with parents. It’s called The Breast Milk Baby and it claims it teaches young girls how to breast feed.  The doll is made by Berjuan Toys, a company out of Spain. It comes with a special halter top that has two flowers where nipples would be. When a little girl puts on the top and holds the baby doll up the flowers, it makes suckling sounds.
...the toy has many parents asking if it’s going too far.

“I think that it’s totally bizarre to teach a prepubescent child how to breastfeed,” said Nicole from Manhattan. “Quite strange.”

“I think it’s very creepy,” said one woman. “I don’t think little kids should be breastfeeding.”

“I don’t approve of it at all. I think it’s ridiculous for a child. Let her learn it when she’s older,” said another woman.

...U.S. spokesman for Berjuan Toys, Dennis Lewis, says “Breastfeeding is good for babies, it’s good for mommies and it’s good for society. We really don’t understand why this has created such controversy.” Lewis also claimed in a release promoting the doll’s introduction to the U.S. market, that the company has “been asked by millions of U.S. women to offer the doll here.”

What ever happened to liberal values, multiculturalism, free enterprise?

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