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Breastfeeding Rate is Increasing in the US

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 24 2016, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the mmmmmmmm-lunch! dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In 2013, 81.1 percent of U.S. mothers said they started out breast-feeding their baby. That's up from 75 percent in 2008, and 70 percent in 2000, according to the CDC.

[...] 52 percent of U.S. mothers said they were still breast-feeding their infants when the babies were 6 months old, and 30 percent said they were still breast-feeding when the babies reached 1 year.

How should society handle breastfeeding in public and the workplace? Should there be any restrictions on the age of the child?

Breastfeeding has obvious benefits for a child's development, but breast milk is also a fluid of the body that can carry disease.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-still-breastfeeds-daughter-aged-4881835

http://www.livescience.com/55846-breast-feeding-mothers-united-states.html

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:22PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:22PM (#392642) Homepage

    There's the obvious case of breastfeeding a 26 year old child in public, if you know what I mean.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:52PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:52PM (#392657) Journal

    Damn the nanny state, keeping us from sucking deez tits in public.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:05PM (#392663)

    Why?

    What argument can be made for public nudity in this instance that shouldn't be applied in others?

    If I want to fuck in the park, should be my choice.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:50PM (#393097)

      Why?
      What argument can be made for public nudity in this instance that shouldn't be applied in others?
      If I want to fuck in the park, should be my choice.

      I think the donkey should get a choice as well.