Below is my letter regarding TIMES ongoing underwhelming support of = breastfeeding. Gentlemen: I cannot believe that your magazine, which has such a = world-wide distribution, has so poorly represented breastfeeding in = your recent articles. In your articles on healthy children, brain = growth, etc., you do not mention breastfeeding as a major contribution = to both. Thus, by indirection, you do your readers and breastfeeding a = disservice, allowing the inference that what the baby eats and how it is = fed is of little consequence. Your picture of a bottle with your = Parenttime column implies support of bottlefeeding as the first choice = for nutrition. =20 Around the world, countries are pushing to improve their breastfeeding = rates as the first and biggest step to improving quality of life for = their infants and children. I think you owe it to your readers = world-wide, to produce an extensive coverage presenting breastfeeding in = its best lights. Of course, some mothers/babies will not or cannot = breastfeed. That is sad, whatever, the reason. But it does not negate = the importance and efficacy of breastfeeding as the first choice for = feeding our world's children. Sincerely, Chanita Stillerman, mother, concerned citizen, LC and RN 227 Bennington Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 --- (415) 647-3361