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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What worried me more was that one of the women thought it was perfectly normal to breast feed her husband too.
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The kids seemed to be spoilt , they could have the milk on demand whenever they wanted it which surely isn't right for their development. (most of them showed signs of being unable to self comfort)
The lady from Bath doesn't understand the meaning of weaning. Your not supposed to stop abruptly as this can be traumatic to the child, and but also uncomfortable for the mother.
I found the programme disturbing too. Feeding a child of 8! I read in a magazine that she gave the girl a feed as a treat for her 9th birthday.
What I wondered was, if she had no tv in her house. Then why was she so keen to get herself filmed for tv, breastfeeding her 8 year old. And the numerous film clips we saw of her breastfeeding.
Creepy, and very disturbing.
it is a bit weird, but i can see that the mothers are keen to give their kids every possible nutritional benefit possible, which is natural and to be applauded - however, why don't they express the milk into bottles and give it to their kids in cups? then there would be no issue for anyone - and no need for this programme.
I personally don't have a problem with people wanting to live any way they please and i think terming this 'child abuse' is a bit extreme.
Just because most people do something one way doesn't mean its the best way
People are entitled to their own beliefs - there is no right and wrong in this situation - it is just our social beliefs and upbringing that make this kind of thing upset some people - live and let live!
(some of these families do seem a bit over the top with controlling their kids lives though)
I agree with the last poster why didnt they decant it into bottles. That makes me believe that extreme breastfeeding isnt about the nutrition, its about creating a dependcy, and more about the mothers' self-grativication and selfishness.
No wonder those kids dont go to school, because social services would be called in.
I dont think child abuse is extreme viewpoint on this, as the child gets older the breast area is sexualised and is not a surrogate meal. Similar to a father bathing with his baby, and doing the same thing as an 8 year old.
These people are weirdos. Believe.
The breast feeding in the shopping centre at Blackburn was exaggerated. You dont normally go down the isles breast feeding, or sit on a stool in the supermarket breast feeding at the checkout do you?
The women sitting outside all lined up breast feeding was stupid. I breast fed all four of my children and never felt the need to breast feed in a supermarket or anywhere else so public.
Breast is best I agree. But do it discreetly if you have to in public.
The programe tonight, showed the estreem. And breast feeding a child of 8. Or trying to force feed an adopted child, who was well over weaning age. Was totally wrong. And as I said before disturbing.
I got the impression that the 4 year old boy (with the adopted chinese sister) had a creepy attachment to his mother's breasts which I found disturbing. She admitted he was obsessed with her breasts.
I understand the point the Blackburn women were making but I don't agree that they should use their children in the process. Surely it should just be about the needs of the child? Are they actually all wanting to be fed when the mother is standing in a supermarket queue or does the mother think "Ok, here is a really public spot, let's feed here to make a point".
I didn't see all of it, but caught the woman with the 8 year old, that was disturbing! The childrens reactions were what worried me most, the eldest being very jealous that she could no longer do it, and the youngest being quite happy to suck away without getting milk. It's not about the milk for them, and I think they risk being psychologically damaged as a result. May sound an extreem reaction, but I didn't like it one bit.
A very bizarre documentary, which I just couldn't understand in parts. I am not a mother, so to an extent dont understand fully the reasonings behind breastfeeding children to a certain age. However I do think it's very disturbing (to say the very least) than a mother still breast feds her child at 8yrs old, and for the elder child to be jealous. Not only that there was also a part where ther grandmother mentioned she assisted in suckling (!!) Not only that at the very end when the two girls were playing with 'mummys bras' the younger one said she couldnt wait to get her own breasts so she could breastfeed herself! A truly disturbed child who will no doubt end up in therapy!!
The 4yr old had a massive obsession with his mothers boobs. When feeding on one he was groping the other, with a very selfish mother who was only breasfeeding him that long in the hope of feeding the adoptive child. In some respects I felt that half of those mothers shown were doing this for purely selfish reasons rather than for the good of the child.
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