Does This Cover Shock You?

Does this magazine cover shock you and if so, can you articulate why? My first thoughts were this little boy is to be so harassed when he reaches school age, not to mention he'll get the crap beat out of him over it.

Breastfeed your children as long as you like, but at some point, think about your child and how society will react to them if you make this a public action after the children reach a certain age. And to chose to put this on a magazine cover added to the internet, the image has now become eternal.

And really, isn't it by design that this cover is provocative? There seems to be a sexualization and sensationalism added to a normal biological act. Got to sell magazines somehow, right? Put a yummy mummy on the cover with a small male child suckling at her breast.

I've raised two children (btw both were breastfed until around the age of 9 mos) and I have taught school so I do have experience with both the act and the reactions. Some parents believe they know their children but have no idea of how things are for them outside of their home and within the boundaries of their school. I do know because I've seen it first hand. A child would never live this down - are you prepared for this?

My advice - you will inevitably and probably unintentionally embarrass your children at some point. Restrain from doing intentionally by thinking of your actions beforehand.

I am not missing the point of this article. This woman is providing her child with a healthful action and one that soothes the both of them but she has not concerned herself with his mental health outside of her controls.

I can't help but think of David Williams' character in Little Britain, the grown man who asks for "Bitty" (his mother's breast) at the most inappropriate times by announcing, "I want bitty".