THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT EXPLAINING TO CHILDREN

But it would seem that the fact that there's only ONE of them, and that it's life-threateningly pointy, would be higher on the list.

(Thanks to Sahouly Ramada)

Comments

[rita]

Pointy? Mine aren't pointy.

[Addicted to 24]

Reminds me of my ex.

[Tamara]

1) *SNORK* @ Judi

2) *blowing raspberries at*: "I figured eventually we would cross that bridge [discuss breastfeeding], but to have to do it now because someone felt they had to shove it in our faces..."

[inzombiac]

no one has said "Colder than a witch's t*t" yet ?

[crossgirl]

no junior, that's not a wart. and that's certainly not her nose!

[queensbee]

Oh, nothing like political statements from inanimate objects. can i slap them?

[MOTW]

slap away, queensbee!

[mudstuffin]

people are weird.

all of them.

"Kym Goodnow" = Om, Wonky Dog

some hiaku

not on my street, please
public nursing offends me
hide the pointed teat

shove this in her face
'you might be a redneck if'
doesn't quite get it

mudman unaware
when did breastfeeding become
something to explain?

sorry not funny

[Candy Tutt]

I love it!! Wonder how their neighbors would react to the 'mooning scarecrow' that was all over the 'net last year -- the one with his pants down in back and two little tiny pumpkins crammed in there... Let's see: Scarecrow-guy's butt = funny. Scarecrow-woman's boob = threat to society...Sheesh...

["BOO!" Augustus]

I object to the statement that Halloween is for kids. It most certainly is not! It's for adults: (1) for parents to see how stupid they can make their children look and (2) for adults to dress up, drink beer and anonynmously grope one another (usually in that order).

[PirateBoy]

Is the witch named Hazel?

P.B.

[WolfKeeper]

"shove it in our faces." And the problem is? :-)

(Human milk is good eating, more or less by definition.)

[Deon]

[knew Tamara would be here after seeing the topic]

"someone felt they had to shove it in our faces, it's just rude,"

Hello gourd exposure therapy hotline?

[Joben]

...all joking aside...

Key Quote:

" Kym Goodnow, a mother of four living in West Brattleboro, wrote that she was not ready to explain nursing to her 4-year-old grandson, who spotted the display while they were driving home. "

Ok...am i the only one who thinks the concept of "explaining" breastfeeding to children that young is a little odd? Didn't they do it themselves quite recently?

Heck i remember doing it myself...

[U.O]

When my second-to-younges grandson got his new brother, he was diappointed that he couldn't have a new "instant" playmate ... then he was disappointed when he couldn't help feed little Jake ... even tho he's only four, I think his parents somehow managed to explain things to him ...

A display like this might be helpful in explaining that ...

Or not ...

[Eric Ewanco]

Joben, that's exactly what I thought — sheesh, some four year-olds are still breast-feeding (not that I think that's healthy) — how would she explain that if one of her kid's friends were doing it? I am guessing this woman doesn't believe in breast feeding.

[Eric Ewanco]

Besides — what's there to explain? "This is how mommies feed their babies." Seems simple enough.

[BLT]

Yeah, my 5-year-old already grasps the fact that his baby sister will be breastfeeding after she's born; although I attribute his understanding partly to the fact that he loves to read our "Baby Blues" comic strip collections (which handle the subject humorously, frequently, and well).

Still, most mothers I know do cover up whilst breastfeeding, at least in public. I can't say the display is in great taste, really, but I'd have said the same thing about the mooning scarecrow, too.

[louis gehrig]

My sole thought on breast feeding in public:

"It is wasted on babies"

That is all.