It is all very interesting, Judy. My letter was published in the paper, and it comes out tomorrow, ...I hoep it works to at least make him face his own perceptions. Kathleen, in tree hugging, clove?smoking Vermont? What's up with smoking clove? No clue. -----Original Message----- From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Judy Campbell,rnc,Ibclc Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: school newsletter I thought this might be Vermont. My (breastfed) son just graduated from Univ.of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, a wonderful university town on beautiful Lake Champlain.Church St.is the main shopping/social plaza.Folks with different socio-economic ideologies mix there.UVM was described on the front page of the local paper last summer as "#1 in birkenstock wearing, clove smoking, tree hugging vegetarians."There is a music/arts culture of "progressive" families there, too. There may be more to this than we can see from the article. Perhaps the student is voicing his discomfort with people who are different from himself.Perhaps he has a different world view from some folks he sees on Church Street.(There is also a Take Back Vermont Movement.)Of course, breastfeeding is becoming universal,and kindly responding will help bridge alot of gaps.Trends that change society have fore runners and those who follow. Maybe the health teachers need some resources. My other son is a junior at UVM,and my daughter will likely follow (what does that say about our family?) so I could help out on visits, if needed.Could he relate to the suggestion that he take his meals in a washroom? How healthy, etc does he want his children to be? It's a golden oppurtunity to reach out to the whole school district. I saw a healthy school lunch/recycling project underway in the paper there last month. Networking with those folks might be good. Vermonters love locally grown milk!:) Judy *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html