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Should This Mother Have Been Allowed To Breast Feed Her Child In A Swimming Pool?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.///God! forbid, how did previous generations "nurture" offspring without getting their t1ts out in public? ///
But they did.....
It's only been in fairly recent times that other people's sensibilities have become so delicate that the sight of a mother feeding her baby can induce outrage/a fit of the vapours (delete as appropriate).
But they did.....
It's only been in fairly recent times that other people's sensibilities have become so delicate that the sight of a mother feeding her baby can induce outrage/a fit of the vapours (delete as appropriate).
From my point of view no she shouldn't have done. Many years ago when breast feeding was the done thing, no self respecting mother fed her baby in public. I think it's a private thing between mother and child an I don't care if you say times have changed! Why should we have to view body parts in public? Privacy counts and I hate to see such things like this in when i am out, it's my opinion and one I feel very strongly about.
Just to introduce a little titillating levity:
"Anything Goes"
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
Now heaven knows, anything goes
Good authors too who once knew better words
Now only use four letter words writing prose, anything goes
The world has gone mad today and good's bad today
And black's white today and day's night today
When most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
"Anything Goes"
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
Now heaven knows, anything goes
Good authors too who once knew better words
Now only use four letter words writing prose, anything goes
The world has gone mad today and good's bad today
And black's white today and day's night today
When most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
I can explain it to you, but I'm afraid I am unable to understand it for you....
Since the evolution of man, mothers have breastfed their off-spring. It is only in 'recent times' that this most natural of acts appears to have made on-lookers uncomfortable.....and has resulted in cries for it to be carried out away from 'decent people' as if it were something shameful.
Since the evolution of man, mothers have breastfed their off-spring. It is only in 'recent times' that this most natural of acts appears to have made on-lookers uncomfortable.....and has resulted in cries for it to be carried out away from 'decent people' as if it were something shameful.
My wife breastfed our daughter for more than 2 years 30 years ago. She fed her on the bus, at the bus stop, on long coach trips, in cafes and restaurants, in the park, at the zoo - anywhere and everywhere, except whilst in a swimming pool.
And you know what - it was very rare anyone noticed. Big tshirts, the judicious use of light shawls all helped her to do it discretely. And never, ever in a public loo.
And you know what - it was very rare anyone noticed. Big tshirts, the judicious use of light shawls all helped her to do it discretely. And never, ever in a public loo.
I fully support breastfeeding, and a woman's right to breastfeed her baby, but -
that does not give the mother the right to feed her baby wherever and whenever she pleases.
By the same token, I appreciate potty training, having assisted directly in one lot, and assisted with four others - but that doesn't mean I would appreciate a potty plonked on the table next to me in a restaurant.
I do believe the pendulum has swung too far the other way - a woman's right to breastfeed is not the same as taking it for granted that anywhere and everywhere is appropriate in terms of time or place - and this is the issue.
So no, this woman should not be allowed to breastfeed in a swimming pool, not because breastfeeding is in any way wrong, but because it is not an appropriate place - and we must not lose sight of the fact that however encouraging we want to be, not every place and time is right for every activity, however 'free' we want to be.
I am free to burp, fart, spit and vomit anywhere I choose, but there are times and places where I would not do any of those things willingly - and in the prescence of any other member of the human race is my default position.
All that said, i think the staff handled the issue badly - there is a need for discretion and consideration in these circumstances - a quiet word by a mature female member of staff would have dealt with things far more appropriately.
that does not give the mother the right to feed her baby wherever and whenever she pleases.
By the same token, I appreciate potty training, having assisted directly in one lot, and assisted with four others - but that doesn't mean I would appreciate a potty plonked on the table next to me in a restaurant.
I do believe the pendulum has swung too far the other way - a woman's right to breastfeed is not the same as taking it for granted that anywhere and everywhere is appropriate in terms of time or place - and this is the issue.
So no, this woman should not be allowed to breastfeed in a swimming pool, not because breastfeeding is in any way wrong, but because it is not an appropriate place - and we must not lose sight of the fact that however encouraging we want to be, not every place and time is right for every activity, however 'free' we want to be.
I am free to burp, fart, spit and vomit anywhere I choose, but there are times and places where I would not do any of those things willingly - and in the prescence of any other member of the human race is my default position.
All that said, i think the staff handled the issue badly - there is a need for discretion and consideration in these circumstances - a quiet word by a mature female member of staff would have dealt with things far more appropriately.
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