This is an argument that provoked the following.  If you are preparing your
child to live in a third world country setting, this is the thing to do.  In
all civilized European countries people don't sleep with children and don't
nurse past one year.  I did say that co-sleeping exists in Europe and Japan
(all developed countries).  The "feminist" also claims in most parts of the
world they don't use toilet paper.  Go figure.  She is obviously very
aggressive and stuck in her own ways.  It is VERY hard to carry on a
dialoged with her.  No, it is pointless, but there are many women who read
her forum and they are exposed to whatever is posted on it, so I find it not
completely useless to explain certain things.  The only thing I couldn't
refute so far was the psychoanalysis claims.

Thank you very much for your post, Gonneke.

Natalie Wilson
LLL of NC


> Date:    Sat, 2 Nov 2002 05:20:40 EST
> From:    Gonneke van Veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Psychoanalysis and breastfeeding/co-sleeping.
>
> In einer eMail vom 02-11-02 7:55:45 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
> [log in to unmask]:
>
>
> > In the light of all this, can someone share any wise thoughts on the
> > subject.  It seems to me that the gray areas of love vs. abuse are so
hard
> > to define and prove to someone, who ultimately views nursing past 1-year
> > and co-sleeping in such a way.  What someone views as indication of
love,
> > the other one may ultimately perceive as a sign of abuse.  What is the
> > current status of psychoanalysis and breastfeeding/co-sleeping?  Has it
> > changed in the last 10-25 years?
> >
> >
>
> I'm not a psychoanalist nor am I a antropologist. I am just a practical
> thinker. If the claims from this lady were correct over half of the world
> population would be pedophiles, because extended nursing and bedsharing is
> still the norm in big parts of the world.
>
> Warmly greeting,
>
> Gonneke
> ===========================
> Gonneke van Veldhuizen
> IBCLC   ---|||---   LLLL   ---|||---   MOM
> primairy schoolteacher
>
> ===========================================
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> Lactation Consultant Practice
> Centre for breastfeeding Information and Education
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