Peg, this is a travesty when we can't say the truth for fear of making
someone feel guilty. Fist of all, we cannot MAKE someone feel guilty. They
either do or they don't, and it is generated internally by preexisting beliefs.

It is unbelievable to me that the truth cannot be told in order to preserve
other people's ignorance, and their pipe dream that formula is anywhere
NEAR as good as formula. Do we protect patients from the knowledge that
smoking is dangerous? No. Do we hesitate to use guilt as a motivator for
car seat use.? No.

Breastfeeding is a warped little category all its own, ..and those who want
to protect their patients from the truth, and from the health that can be
promoted via breastfeeding, is protecting their own little feeble house of
cards from toppling. (ie their own *&(  about breastfeeding and whether
they did, or didn't, or bla bla bla..
Our archives have so much on guilt. I will ressurect some of the classics.

Kathleen  Off my soapbox.

At 10:20 PM 7/26/2002 -0400, Peg Merrill wrote:
>However, we're having trouble coming up
>with a simple slogan that is "politically correct" and will be "allowed" .
>The hospital is very cautious about insulting people or making anyone feel
>guilty so we can't use Breast is Best or anything along those lines.


Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet
Independent Consultant
http://homepages.together.net/~kbruce/kbblact.html
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