Time magazine cover -- forget the breast, what about the boy?

I think his mother is a flake.

She has other mental problems that she may transfer to her son.

So being teased or bullied may not be the greatest risk the kid faces.

 

Sorry, no. That doesn't cut it. If she sent her kid down a dark alley waving a hundred dollar bill, would you say that she had no responsibility for him getting mugged? Sure, the mugger is culpable but that doesn't mean the mother didn't play her part.

A child has the choice whether or not to disclose to their peers that they like to read or to play games. A child can't choose whether or not one of his classmates is going to bring in two dozen pictures of him with his mouth on his mother's nipple.

I don't think that it is likely to permanently ruin his life, but I do think that it will likely cause the child to have a tougher time than he would have had otherwise.

 

I'd say that the kid has bragging rights and should laminate the photo onto his school notebook.

 

I think the woman has assured herself a place in the MILF hall of fame and don't think the kid won't be reminded of it.

 

Lol...Only by the uptight right-wing crowd.
I remember the prude Ashcroft ordering the janitor to cover up the naked breast on the statue of justice and what a laughing stock he became.
This is just more of the same idiotic right-wing prudishness couple with their love of bullying those who are different.
Your fair-haired boy, Romney, was quite good at leading lynch mobs to terrorize other kids when he was in school, as we have discovered.

 

This idiot needs to be locked up. Is she going to breastfeed the kid when he's in highschool? And naturally, like the typical idiot liberal skank, she has to broadcast her insanity for all the world to see.

 

Kind of blowing this way out of proportion aren't we?

This won't be remembered at all. It's really not a big deal.

Why do we have to blow everything out of proportion?

 

Why does she have to be a liberal here? Plenty of conservative women breastfeed this long. It's not a liberal/conservative thing. Its a personal preference thing.

 

Wait, all you Rightwingers have been saying tha bullying is okay. That is builds character and is good for the natural growth of a child. You've also been telling us that if kids are being bullied it is the kids responsibility to stop the bullying, not society of some other group. Why is that suddenly different?

Oh never mind, I already know. The kids not gay so you guys don't believe that he should be bullied.

 

Your analogy doesn't work because the kid isn't legally required to go down the dark alley. If he was, this would be the difference between the mom giving him $100 or not before going down the alley. He will be legally required to get a basic education. What if she homeschools him (keeping from going down the alley)? Then is it okay?

Unless that kid only reads or plays games by himself at home, he doesn't have a choice about whether his peers find out about that or not. Anything a kid does within view of another person is fodder for a bully. This picture is just one more drop in that bucket.

 

You misunderstood the point of the analogy. I wasn't comparing a dark alleyway to an elementary school. I was illustrating the illogic in your insistence that the mother would have no culpability if her son got bullied over this photo.

You're just prevaricating. According to your argument, a parent taking out a billboard of their child in a potentially embarrassing position is the same as fostering an affinity for reading. You don't really believe that, do you?

 

The two aren't comparable. One is actually life threatening. You said yourself that this won't ruin the kid's life. Perhaps you can illustrate your point with a better comparison?

I think both are fodder for bullies; in that regard they're the same. Do you feel the same way about every parent who sent in a video of their kid to America's Funniest Home Videos? What about every parent who dresses their kid in a way that clashes with the current idea of what's cool? I used to get crap for having ham sandwiches every day at lunch, but that's just what my mom sent with me to school. My wife has an unusual name. A friend of mine has a name that is very close to a funny word. In a bully's eyes, these are all equal. The goal is to make fun of the victim. The source of the ridicule is irrelevant.

 

Mak, if a mother is determined to give her 2-3 -4 yr old breast milk, she can pump the milk out and put it in a glass for him....

If the mother really wants the best for her kid, she will let him grow and mature at a normal pace. As far as the immune system goes, nutritious meals also does the trick....

Here's an example of mine - when my youngest was 5, we lived in the midwest and during the winter he did a lot of playing outside in the snow w/his buddies. One day I looked outside where he & friends were playing and there was his jacket thrown on a snowbank, his gloves & hat thrown on another. I went out and stuffed him back in his jacket & hat. Looked out later, same thing - he took off his coat again & I put it back on him.... the 3rd time I looked, same thing, but then I stopped and really looked at all of the boys. All of his little friends were wiping their runny noses w/their mittens and some coughing..... mine was not. I never forgot that and after that, I let him dress to his comfort outside and the thing is, he rarely got a cold. If he got cold outside in the snow, he was smart enuf to put his coat on.....

One of his favorite meals was liver & onions - he would eat that for a snack b/f milk & cookies when he'd get home from school. And there's a lot to be said for fruits & veggies to build up the kid's immune system.......

Of course, the mother's milk is very healthy - for the babies, but let them grow up......

I agree w/Tom and the others who said she's setting her son up for harrassment from his friends b/c that pix will be around forever......

 

I wonder how that woman feels about breast feeding grown strangers? lol
cuz she is hot. I'd supple from that teet any day!

 

first thing I thought when I saw that cover is why is a 7 year old breastfeeding, how old is that kid anyway ?

 

oh this isn't the half of it. The 'model' knew going into this it was going to be controversial. Myquestion is why didn't these cowards go the whole way and picture her with her other child who is older and still suckling. Well you take a looksee and tell why you thnk that is.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...ding-cover-Jamie-Lynne-Grumet-plans-stop.html

 

There are 330 million people in America. One of them believes in attachment parenting methods and your world comes to an end? Time magazine has won. Their publicity stunt worked. My advice, next time ignore the trolls.

 

Yes we need to get an angry mob together and shut down Time Magazine immediately if not sooner....First I suggest that Mitt Romney get together a few of the boys and hunt her down, hold her on the ground and cut off her nipples....We can't let this kind of behavior go unchecked!! You are a true Patriot, Blackie my boy. Kudos..

 

Bragging rights!? For sucking on his mom's nipple? You can't be serious...

 

You're just not getting it. The point of the analogy wasn't to compare getting mugged in an alley to going to school, it was to show that your assertion was faulty. You stated that "She isn't causing the anguish. Potential bullies could potentially cause it." The analogy shows that your reasoning doesn't hold up to logic. If you can't understand that very simple point then I can't help you.

Again, you're taking fairly trivial things and comparing them to a potentially embarrassing photo on THE COVER OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CIRCULATION MAGAZINE. I'm sorry but your comparisons are absurd. I understand that you've staked out a position and are intent to defend that position but this is getting ridiculous.

 

The point of an analogy is to compare one situation to another to make a point. The two situations you're trying to compare aren't comparable. Life-threatening compared to pretty much harmless. Negligent compared to not. Your analogy doesn't work. Try comparing apples to apples.

What does the public nature of the photo have to do with the potential bullying? Is it likelihood that it will come up? Because uncool clothes and a funny name are 1000 more likely to cause problems for a child. Every one of those examples I gave is one where the parent embarrasses the child. The triviality of the example is irrelevant.

 

Like I said, if you don't already understand the point I was making then I can't help you...I doubt anyone could.

Did you really just ask, "What does the public nature of the photo have to do with the potential bullying?" Really?

 

That was kind of freaky. I thought that the kid was 15 years old. Why not show a 58 year old with a breast fetish sucking on the other one?

 

As an addendum, there was an article in Discover (which of course was probably reporting of a research article elsewhere) related to breast milk this month. The assertion of the research was that certain polysaccharides in human breast milk can be digested by "good bacteria" in the gut which results in the "bad bacteria" dying off. Coincidence?