Female pediatric resident: "Why are you STILL breastfeeding?!"
Mother: "Where did YOU go to medical school? A correspondence course?" OR
"Where did YOU go to finishing school? On a pirate ship?" OR
"Where'd you get your license, in a box of Cracker Jacks?" OR
[sickly sweet voice] "Would you like me to send you some research
on how long children should be nursed, since your education seems to be a
little, shall we say, *lacking* on this subject? Please write down your
name and address so I can send you some references."
Let's start up a thread of snappy comebacks to stupid remarks . . .
Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University