Kerry writes:

<In hindsight, I think it may have been a mistake for breastfeeding
supporters to respond en masse 
to Tish Durkin.  In some sense, her article was bait, and too many people
took it.  Now she is able 
to selectively quote some of the angriest letters she got and
characterize all breastfeeding 
supporters as nuts.  
 
If breastfeeding advocates think of ourselves as a social change
movement, we probably need to 
start acting like some of the more successful ones from the recent past
and be thoughtful about 
how we present our ideas.  Having a friend review letters before we send
them, spending a little 
time away from the letter and then coming back with fresh eyes, and
imagining how the people we 
want to persuade might respond to our arguments are all good ideas. > 
 

Such an effective letter, Kerry. It's filled with such eminently useful
ideas! Kudos! I think this post could be very useful among breastfeeding
supporters! Better yet, why don't you write something for a publication
such as JHL or another that will get the attention of a larger segment of
our interested folks? Don't apologize for being <not clinical in nature>.
Your kind of clear-headed thinking will move the cultural shifting
efforts a long way in the desirable direction!


Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, OH USA

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