Breast feeding course for male council workers

[AB Asks]

An English council has sent a number of its male workers on a breast feeding course. The two day course instructs the men on the benefits of breast feeding and how to make sure that women get the necessary privacy. The idea is that it will improve the standard of care at nurseries and family support centres. Is the right way to go about things, or is it an example of a council over reacting to an issue?

[Gromit]

It sounds daft, but if the person in charge such personnel issues is male, then they should get the right information. A two day courses sounds a bit excessive to impart such information, maybe the instructor talks to them very slowly because they are male.

AB, a link to the source of the story would have been helpful.

[kwicky]

Lets here the whole story. They are also sending women on football training and survival courses to understand the man's role in bringing up children.

[THECORBYLOON]

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlin es/display.var.1345587.0.breast_feeding_course _for_men.php

[Hammer Head]

Let's hear the whole story.

[Gromit]

Thanks THECORBYLOO for finding the link. All is revealled - a non story.

"The course is part of Blackburn Primary Care Trusts push for Unicef's Baby Friendly' accrediation.

People like caretakers they will likely just learn the basics such as pointing mothers in the right direction of who to speak to, ensuring they can have privacy if they need it.

But the Campaign For Real Education blasted the policy.

Chairman Nick Seaton said: "It is ridiculous and very embarrassing for someone like a caretaker to have to go through. They should be concentrating on the educating the people who use the nurseries."

I think Nick Seaton of CRE is missing the point. They are trying to educate the people using the nurseries, that is what the staff will do after the training.