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Fuschia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > In my mind the fault lies with MIND who clearly > didn't have, or didn't publicise to their staff, a > policy to support breastfeeding mothers (and > privacy in the changing rooms) Why on earth should MIND have a policy? For goodness sake - this is a charity. Wouldn't you rather the charity spent it's time, effort and resources helping the people it's supposed to? It's exactly this 'me, me, me ... it's all about me' culture that's at fault here - not MIND. Exactly as I pointed out earlier - sadly we live in a culture (yes - even in ED) where mothers think that no-one or nothing else matters in society except herself and her child. I have small children and I see this self-important behaviour day in day out either in shops, at the playground and a host of other places. This is not name calling, or 'nastiness', it's a clear observation. Enough said.

I feel extremely sorry for MIND having to deal with all this cr*p, when they should be using their resources and time to do the work they should be doing. I have two children under the age of 4, and breastfed both (and in public). But all these breastfeeding militantism / vigilante attitudes are just so ridiculously self-centered, self-important and a turn-off. Breastfeeding your child? Well done, big shiny gold star, you're doing something truly wonderful for the human race - but please get over yourselves, move on, it really is not the biggest deal in the world.