Babytalk Magazine
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New York, NY 10020
Dear Babytalk:
Way to go! I know you have received hundreds of letters in support of your use of an image of a baby nursing, breast included, on the cover of your magazine. Since there are still a number of people who are sending you letters to the opposite effect, I’ve decided to weigh in.
Parents should be free to feed their children anywhere and everywhere. I find it amazing that there is still a debate about this. I do, however, often wonder where the line should be drawn when changing a baby in public. I have fallen into a mentality that many parents probably do, where I do not consider my own offspring’s bodily excretions to be gross. This lulls me into thinking others might not as well.
I think I would be sorry for inadvertently causing a diaper gross-out for an innocent passerby as I use a bus stop bench for an unintended purpose, but I will never apologize for nursing in a public place.
I love that you are actively soliciting photos of your readers nursing their babies to publish in future issues!
Truly,
Liz Mann
