Morning tea talk
One of my favourite times of the day at work is morning tea time. All of the guys who are free gather in our rather cozy (read very cramped) tearoom for a cup of tea or coffee and a good hard gossip. Discussions usually start off around work things, but rapidly migrate to the wild and wonderful. And today was no exception. Talk centred upon people putting half eaten food or empty bones on their partners' plate during a meal (gross!), or children throwing their half eaten food around. Don't ask me how we get onto these topics.
And then the cake stealer. We started talking about a story on a current affairs program from Sunday night, about parents who don't work, but stay at home full time to care for their children, and basically attend to the child's every want and desire 24/7. It's a new age style of parenting called attachment parenting. What does it entail, you ask? No school, no discipline, and definitely no "neglectomatics" such as cots, prams and dummies — these will all break the all important mother-baby bond. And for some, breastfeeding on demand, regardless of age, is considered the norm. In the TV show, a mother was interviewed breastfeeding her baby (well, five year old). The "baby" would cry out "booby, booby" when it wanted some breastmilk!! Can you imagine this kid grown up, asking a lady for "booby, booby"??!! But it's worse - breastfeeding is nipple selective:
LIZ COLE (mother): Have you had this one [nipple] already?
ELENA COLE ("baby"): Yes, but I want it again.
The rationale is that this method of parenting will produce independent, free thinking adults. If you ask me, it's going to spawn a colony of hippies addicted to booby! My evidence for this:
LIZ COLE (mother): When do you think you'll stop having booby?
ELENA COLE ("baby"): Never.
But it's not just baby that gets breastmilk on tap:
LIZ COLE (mother): Doesn't have to be babies. It could be adults as well. It's fantastic for conjunctivitis in babies, adults, older children and it really works. You know, it is 'it's not just an old wives' tale'.
GARY COLE (father): Liz just, well, knocks me down to the floor and positions herself over me and squeezes a bit of milk into my eye and it gives almost immediate relief.
It was about at this point that most of us left the tearoom! Don't believe that this story is true? Check out the transcript to the story.
And then the cake stealer. We started talking about a story on a current affairs program from Sunday night, about parents who don't work, but stay at home full time to care for their children, and basically attend to the child's every want and desire 24/7. It's a new age style of parenting called attachment parenting. What does it entail, you ask? No school, no discipline, and definitely no "neglectomatics" such as cots, prams and dummies — these will all break the all important mother-baby bond. And for some, breastfeeding on demand, regardless of age, is considered the norm. In the TV show, a mother was interviewed breastfeeding her baby (well, five year old). The "baby" would cry out "booby, booby" when it wanted some breastmilk!! Can you imagine this kid grown up, asking a lady for "booby, booby"??!! But it's worse - breastfeeding is nipple selective:
LIZ COLE (mother): Have you had this one [nipple] already?
ELENA COLE ("baby"): Yes, but I want it again.
The rationale is that this method of parenting will produce independent, free thinking adults. If you ask me, it's going to spawn a colony of hippies addicted to booby! My evidence for this:
LIZ COLE (mother): When do you think you'll stop having booby?
ELENA COLE ("baby"): Never.
But it's not just baby that gets breastmilk on tap:
LIZ COLE (mother): Doesn't have to be babies. It could be adults as well. It's fantastic for conjunctivitis in babies, adults, older children and it really works. You know, it is 'it's not just an old wives' tale'.
GARY COLE (father): Liz just, well, knocks me down to the floor and positions herself over me and squeezes a bit of milk into my eye and it gives almost immediate relief.
It was about at this point that most of us left the tearoom! Don't believe that this story is true? Check out the transcript to the story.
posted by Rog at 10/25/2006 10:45:00 PM
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