Comments on: Houston’s Ronald McDonald House Policy on Breastfeeding in Public

By: A Toddler with Leukemia

A Toddler with Leukemia — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:12:27 +0000

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By: Jennifer Pelligrene

Jennifer Pelligrene — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:53:30 +0000

Jessica congratulations for doing to best thing you could ever do for your children. Breastfeeding is the one thing that you can do for them, especially for the little boy with cancer. My daughter is 11 months old and has cancer. I also breastfeed and I feel like this is what I can do for her. I cannot make her cancer go away but I can do this for her. Society is so excepting of nudity in every other sense of the word but when you are doing something that women have been doing for hundreds of years everyone is suddenly so demoralized from it. Give me a break…..Texas is not the only state that has issues like this. PA also has some of the same issues. Even if it becomes a law and there are no loop holes you are still going to have places and people that are got going to approve. All those people out there are not your concern your sons are so do not pay them any mind. Good luck with your son. I hope everything turns out ok for you. We will put you on our prayer list. It is a very hard road just keep going you will get to the end. Love Jen Pelligrene

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:03:37 +0000

I didn’t realize that the father of another child had complained (not that it changes my view on anything). I agree with you both — the focus should be on any complainers!

The story was covered by the New York Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/us/19nurse.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

By: Greg Powers

Greg Powers — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:25:32 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with Chris from San Fran. RM House should be left alone, as should the mother. As the husband of a long-time La Leche League leader, I know that while positive breastfeeding information is effectively disseminated to mothers, the same information is not so effectively disseminated to the wider public. It’s not because LLL doesn’t try–but it’s a volunteer organization with limited budgets, and the message just doesn’t filter into our information-glutted culture. If a man can’t stand to see a woman’s breast, then he has attitudes that need to be addressed; if he complains about a breastfeeding mother, he needs to be removed from the situation to protect himself, not punish the mother. This incident (and believe me, there are many like it) should lead to a barrage of replies to men’s chat lines, men’s magazines, Super Bowl ads, public service announcements during golf tournament broadcasts, at gun shows, etc. Men should learn to get over it or get out. (Of course, it’s not always men who complain about mothers breastfeeding in public….)

By: chris, San Francisco/USA

chris, San Francisco/USA — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:12:26 +0000

My suggestion is to remind the complainer that breastfeeding in public is protected by law, and that if he is annoyed by it, he can get up and move to another room. You are harassing the wrong person.