Time Magazine cover

Well, what do ya'll think?

http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...hock-talk?lite/

The kid looks a bit older than a toddler, more like he's in first grade. I consider a toddler to be older than a year, but no older than two. A child breast-feeding after that age is just awkward.

The breast-feeding itself should not be controversial, if it were a younger child. The fact that we make it something that should be hidden is what's wrong.

I have no problem with it. And to those that do, all I can say is tough titty.

I think it sucks.

You're gonna milk this joke for all its worth?

I'm in udder shock.

This thread is awesome. Go ahead and teet about it online.

I think the kid is old enough to get some Oreos to dunk...

If that's what a milk break looks like nowadays in grammar school, I bet nap time is rated NC-17!

It's good that we can keep abreast of developments.

I've heard both sides of the argument regarding this picture, but to me, it sounds like a bunch of tit for tat.

Some may think this is all utter nonsense.

Seriously, how old is that kid?

He looks like the fat dumb kid on Two and a Half Men. Yet I have a feeling he'll end up more like Norman Bates.

I'm inclined to think that mothers, who breastfeed children of that age are not so much doing it for their children as they are for fulfilling some type of self need.

I agree, Klyd. Mothers breast feeding their children in public don't bother me one iota. But continuing to breast feed past a certain age can't be mentally healthy for the kid.

The article says the kid is 3, but he looks ready for middle school!

Klyd hit it right on the head. These types of mothers are the kind that you see roaming the halls of the schools on a daily basis, puffed-up with self-importance and volunteering at every opportunity, not because they think they're doing the right thing, but because it's a way to insert themselves into their children's lives at a time when their children should be learning to stand on their own two feet.

Try this on for size:

http://thebabybond.com/Breastfeeding%20Crime.html

Attachment parenting is nothing but junk science. And for those members who don't know me, yes, I am a parent, of two daughters in their early 20's, and a teenaged son.