Ahead of World Breastfeeding Week, Patti Rundall from Baby Milk Action and David McCoy from the United Nations University talk about the significance of the campaign and the misleading marketing efforts of the baby formula industry
Yeah this kind of talk is something that makes a lot of moms who can't produce milk feel like failures, which is not good. This kind of "natural is the only way" is a component of the push towards enforcing class distinctions on baby raising -- white middle class families can afford the best care, the best natural food, products, schools, "the best science backed schedules" etc etc etc. While to many working class mothers much of this is inaccessible (often times because they're too busy taking care of rich white babies).
Anyway, formula is fine. Sure, it's a for profit product - maybe it should be nationalized. Oh well, so should a lot of things.
Yeah this kind of talk is something that makes a lot of moms who can't produce milk feel like failures, which is not good. This kind of "natural is the only way" is a component of the push towards enforcing class distinctions on baby raising -- white middle class families can afford the best care, the best natural food, products, schools, "the best science backed schedules" etc etc etc. While to many working class mothers much of this is inaccessible (often times because they're too busy taking care of rich white babies).
Anyway, formula is fine. Sure, it's a for profit product - maybe it should be nationalized. Oh well, so should a lot of things.