Hi everyone,

What bothers me about these stories is the way they intimidate moms who are already afraid to breastfeed in public.

Here's another Target incident:

A woman comes to the service desk to complain that there is a mom breastfeeding in the Food Service area and to request that someone tell the mother to stop doing that.  The employee behind the desk tells her he can't ask the mother to stop because she's allowed to nurse in the store.  The woman demands to see the manager, who when summoned, tells the woman the same thing - they're not going to ask the mother to stop.

Of course, this incident, and I'm sure many others like it, never make it into the news.  Just the stories of mothers being harrassed and abused.  So the public perception is skewed, reinforcing the message that public breastfeeding is rare and dangerous.

I only know about this incident because the employee at the service desk was my son, who after seeing 2 younger brothers nurse for several years (each), knew who was in the right that day :)

Marcia McCoy


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