Do they teach the benefits of breastfeeding in school?
Do they teach the benefits of breastfeeding in school?
Maybe during sex education?
Or when I was in school they had a class called Parenting and Child Development, but I never took that class.
Do you think it would be beneficial to teach the benefits of breastfeeding to adolescents?
Do you think it would help wipe away some of the taboos our society has about breastfeeding?
I never heard it mentioned ever in school.
But I think that if it was taught it could mean turning the tides toward breastfeeding and against the formula companies.
Most women who nurse now are considered first generation breastfeeders because it was nearly wiped out in the couple of generations prior to this one. We have to learn it ourselves, whereas in traditional societies girls are immersed in breastfeeding and have the women of their families to help them out.
Gosh, imagine if indeed people understood that breastfeeding is the right way to feed their children instead of dumping money into the pocket of the CEOs of similac and enfamil! Imagine the money saved and the changes in children’s health!
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