This past week, Emily Wax-Thibodeux's excellent essay, "Why I don't breastfeed, if you must know" went viral. As it should have. It's a cutting, heartfelt expose of just how ridiculous the pressure to breastfeed has become, made all the more powerful by the author's recounting of her double mastectomy. Unfortunately, even breast cancer didn't stop the parenting police. "95% of the time people don't breastfeed for reasons other than terminal illness. This is a red herring argument. She shouldn't feel bad for having a legitimate reason for not breastfeeding and if she does then its really a personal problem [sic]," said one comment on a Today.com Facebook thread. "We all understand should and...
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