In a message dated 6/17/2006 11:32:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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When  people feel attacked they often turn us  off..>>>>>
 
I understand the point, but whether they turn us off or  not should *not* be 
a factor in this matter.
 
When or why do people (parents) "feel" attacked?
 
When knowledgeable lactation practitioners convey research based  evidence to 
parents in a professional manner, and a parent realizes an  incongruence 
between what they hear from lactation experts and the decisions  they made that 
lead to poor feeding choices, poor choices that can have serious  and long-term 
negative consequences for their children, can the conveyer of  evidence based 
information be held accountable for causing the parents to "feel"  attacked?
 
Example (x10^6): We are way beyond being concerned at all about  the 
possibility of parents feeling attacked when we tell them the baby  must be in a 
properly installed and maintained car seat, ....to drive home the  message we do 
not hesitate to give parents research based guidelines,  statistics, ....we show 
them car seat videos that graphically  illustrate what can happen, even in a 
slow speed crash, to a baby  not properly restrained. 
 
Then, when not securing their baby in a car seat and  haphazardly putting 
that baby at risk for injury or death, some  parents feel guilty or, upon hearing 
car seat safety information, they may  feel attacked.
 
Undeterred we continue to disseminate the dangers of unrestrained children  
riding in cars.
 

<<That in the long run may be a bigger hinderence to the promotion of  
breastfeeding>>
 
Kathy Dettwyler: Help!
 
 
Debbie  Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE

Fairfax County, Virginia suburbs  outside the Washington DC beltway

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