Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
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Work and parenthood
- Thread starter newfhouse
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BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
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- South Tyneside
Yes why don't we go back to employing servants to breastfeed our children
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I know you're a little bit older than me but...
What your kids did or didn't do, is neither here nor there, to ms Creasy.
The point is women have choices these days .
Or at least we're supposed to..
And the right enshrined in law to bf our kids, whenever or wherever, without fear of harassment.
But it's generally considered most beneficial for both infant and mother to keep up with bfing where possible, for at least the first 6 months.
A breastfeeding mother in the HoC sets a great example.
(Not that that is her role of course, it's just a nice incidental benefit)
Who mentioned going back "employing servants to breast feed"? I used the term "wet nurse" as a lazy way to point out that SOME new mothers, for whatever reason, may be unable (or unwilling) to breast feed their babies. Presumably, the Health Services and Health Professionals make alternative arrangements of some shape or form. I am not a Health Professional, nor and I equipped to breast feed, so, I quite willingly admit a lack of expertise in this area. The OP made no mention of "feeding", of any nature. You were the first poster to mention breast feeding, but, it did take you until post No5.
FishFright
Well-Known Member
A Frank Zappa / George Clinton led supergroup ?
FishFright
Well-Known Member
A wet nurse was a servant
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newfhouse
pleb
The rules are anachronistic, discriminatory and unhelpful. Who gains from them? Beef enough?
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newfhouse
pleb
It was me in post 4.
mudsticks
Squire
mudsticks
Squire
A pettifogging detail really , when you could be having a go at a woman with just a modicum of nollige and experience though eh??
BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
- Location
- South Tyneside
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Pale Rider
Veteran
Drop the virtue signalling for just a moment and ask yourself a simple question.
Do we want kids running around the House of Commons/Westminster Hall/House of Lords?
I reckon a typical session in the chamber is not a suitable place for children, although they are welcome in the public gallery.
The rule is a sensible one.
All this stuff about breastfeeding and parental rights is just blather designed to (successfully) take in the chattering classes.
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newfhouse
pleb
Who has suggested that?
mudsticks
Squire
Well nobody has of course.
But then why would you pass up the chance to fulsomely display your out of touch credentials, with a sweaty palm full of clichés about supposedly 'chattering classes'
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke, Northants
The first line above makes you look a chump. Please drop the personal dig; you've said before you only do this when you've been 'dug at' first. I simply responded to what you'd said.
Nobody is suggesting kids should run around the Palace of Westminster. We're talking babes in arms like my grandson - 7 weeks tomorrow.
Can you explain why barring babes in arms from anywhere at all is sensible?
Breastfeeding is inseparable from Motherhood. As a society we should be normalising it for the natural activity it is.
Did you ever actually have children? If so did their Mother take Maternity leave etc? The rights of parents are fundamental; please don't decry them.
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Affordable childcare, she earns 80k a year!
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke, Northants
And?
