Actually it probably depends on how and when it is said. 
BTW I'm not suggesting that people not clearly communicate (and many have seen a clip of me talking about language and infant feeding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BjnGCNahU) but that we should not negate the power of words and dismiss how they impact people. We should do everything we can to be clear communicators and to empower mothers (however they feed their babies).
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 04/02/2015, at 10:40 AM, Ginger Chun wrote:

> But saying "Breast is Best" or "Normalize Breastfeeding' is not tearing
> some one down.
> 
> ~ Ginger Chun
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Actually, I don't think that we do (at least I don't). Rather, I think
>> that most teach that words have power to encourage and build up or to tear
>> down and destroy others.  And we encourage our children to do the former
>> and avoid the latter.
>> Karleen Gribble
>> Australia
>> On 04/02/2015, at 9:43 AM, Sue Jacoby, IBCLC wrote:
>> 
>>> Karleen,
>>> 
>>> We teach that little ditty to children, don't we?  And then, sadly, we
>> don't teach them the tools that they need to understand it.
>>> I think that is my point....
>>> 
>>> Sue
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