Topic : 10/07 The Latest Debates

I one hundred percent agree with you about breastfeeding in a restroom. The thought of it is discusting. I have a nine month old son and I breastfeed him for seven months. Can I tell you that I never once thought about sitting on a dirty toilet, in a stall to feed my son. Give me a break! And I 'm sure if  people would pay attention they would relize that many bathrooms do not have seats that you can close.  Anytime I was out in public and it was time to nurse I covered up to the best of my abilities. My son did not exactly like to be cover up, and i dont blame him. I'm not one who can sleep with my face under the covers either. Anyway, I guess what I am tring to say is that not all women who breastfeed bare there breast fully and latch the baby on. I have rarley seen women who bare it all, but when i do i simply look away. I don't see what the big deal is.  

It amazes me the ignorance that people have when it comes to BFing over FFing.   Sorry but anyone with 1/2 a brain should be smart enough to know that GENETICS have more to do with the child being healthy or sick than the 'food' they eat.   My kids were all 3 FF and are so much healthier than many BF kids and my oldest is VERY VERY smart.    Its FOOD, nothing more !!    And the *bonding experience*,   get a clue,  you can bond just as well HOLDING YOUR BABY and giving it a bottle, amazingly they have the same look in their eye if they are sucking on a bottle. 

R. 

I'm a mother of 3 and if you won't dicipline your children in PUBLIC than the PUBLIC should be able to do it for you.   If you don't want to grow-up and be responsible for your kids than you shouldn't have any.   I am SOOOO sick of AP and how they think they are so much better than everyone else, get a clue and realize you are creating monsters and not decent children that should be out in the world.   You want your child to scream and act like a brat then keep them at HOME. 

R. 

my $0.02 on today's topics: 

breastfeeding in public- put it this way, i would find it rude as hell if i saw a mother breastfeeding out in the open without covering herself. if she wasn't covering herself, i would as fast as i could, request to go to another table nowheres near the mother if at a restaurant. if one wasnt available, i would get my ass out of the restaurant. i would hope that a mother and her baby would have the etiquette to go to the bathroom or in their car to breastfeed out of respect for everyone. also, why arent these mothers bringing bottles with milk for the baby? while breast milk is probably the bed nutritionwise, for when you are out of the house, formula is fine...... 

telling someone's kids to knock it off- i'm the the middle here. i would never tell a kid to knock it off or go to the parent just because it's not a big deal but a slight annoyance. however, it is hard as hell to be on a plane with screaming kids while the parent(s)'s sit back and do nothing. granted though most of the time, the parent(s)'s do try to quiet down the child(ren). i did once get pissed off enough at a child to do something about it. i was at a department store in the fitting room (the ones that dont lock but shut), and some little boy kept running across the room opening my door and looking under. i slamed the door LOUDLY each time the kid was doing this. the mother did not speak a word of english so i knew what i did got the point across. i wanted to try on my clothes in peace without some brat giving me a fricken headache. 

condoms in school- i graduated high school just a few years ago and i think america needs to wake up and realize you need to have an organized sex ed program where you teach EVERYTHING on how to use protection, stds, and that abstintance is best and the only guarantee. i agree 100% with the woman who was for condoms in school. like she said, this doesnt mean you are simpily passing them out to every child. imo schools should have a jar in the nurses office for students that annmously can pick up condoms. you are asking for trouble and thinking way over your head that most kids will refrain from having sex by only teaching abstinance. my high school taught abstinance only and let me tell you, students laughed the whole thing off. in an ideal world, abstinance education is great, but people need to be realistic and teach a variety of things to avoid stds and pregnancies. 

I agree with Dr. Phil - as long as there is education that goes along with it, I don't have a problem handing them out.  Does that mean every child is going to have sex or that I agree with them having sex - no.  It just means that there are kids out there who do have sex without thinking of the consequences. 

The only disagreement I had with Dr. Phil is when he likened giving a condom to saying "dont drink but here's a six pack" or "don't smoke but here's cigarettes".  I liken it more to "dont drink, but if you do here is a number to call so you don't drink and drive".  After all, providing a designated driver may save their life and others.  Providing a condom is the same. 

OMG!!! 

OK, Here Is What I Think. 

 Women were meant to Breast feed. 

What  is the difference of a Man wakin down the street without a shirt???  

Ok Ya Were goin there . 

Cause ya know the only reason that we even COVER UP as Women is cause somone said we should , probably back in the 1800s. Ok 

Well Men have NIPPLES TOOO! So Ya know what if I am gonna be expected to Cover my chest then I think The MEN should COVER Theirs!!! Cause They have NIPPLES TOO. 

Ya Know Women can walk around in a string bikini, but No thats not your issue. You Gonna sit and bitch about women NOURISHING their child . UGGGG What a Pitty. 

Becky 

Having recently graduated from high school (now attending university in Canada) I think I can offer some insight on the condom issue. 

I hear what some women are saying about leaving the choice up to the parents. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky children and had parents who educated me on the subject and sacrificed a lot of money and material possessions to put all four children through Christian elementary schools. In grade 5 and 8 we were educated about the sex organs/puberty and in grade 8 about how sex works and why you should abstain. 

I then attending a public high school where sex education was quite different. Contrary to what a lot of adults on this message board are saying, the schools do not just hand out condemns left right and centre. You are taught foremost that abstainance is the best way to prevent pregnancy/STDs. You are taught about all types of birth control not as if you are going to do it anyway, but because in reality a lot of teens do. And even if teens don't this is good information to know when you get into a serious relationship or marriage. Teens know that they can drop in the nurse's office if they need to get them. 

But I really disagree with a few of you who think that just because you are Christians (as I am too) that everyone must have the same upbringing and attentive parents as you must be (and my parents were) BUT NOT ALL TEENS HAVE THIS!! I had a lot of good friends where their parents just didn't care or were too uncomfortable to talk about it. And the sex progams may supply condems if needed; but they also say to teens - "Hey, you don't have to have sex just b/c your boyfriend wants/or all your friends are" - these are words they may not have heard otherwise. 

That's what sex programs are like in Canadian schools anyways, I assumed they were similar in the States.