Letter writing sounds like a great idea.  I will pass this on to mothers I
know.  I am not going to worry about getting proof first, since I have
noticed this bottle-focus in the occasional viewing I have had.

S. Street's sponsors listed on their website are Pfizer, Spaghettios and
America Online.  On their
advertising page (
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/partners/1,5864,,00.html#food  ) one is "The
First Day.com" which has a baby bottle as the 'i".  Otherwise I can't find
any connection to formula companies.

Producer:  Sesame Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Web site:  www.pbs.org/kids/sesame/
Children's coloring pages and stories.
 E-mail:  (None at this time)

Michelle CLE

----- Original Message -----
Subject: Tirade about Sesame Street--(USA-focus)
> ...The report of no nursing, but lots of bottles, on Sesame Street these
days > has me VERY worried.  Do you suppose we could mount a campaign among
> first-generation Sesame Street graduates and their parents to write in and
> ask for more balanced coverage---demand a minimum of equal time for
showing > normal feeding, when any baby mammal is shown feeding on the show?
Actually, > what we should be demanding is Real bf promotion and a bare
minimum or
total > absence of bottles.  The 3-5 age group is exactly where teaching
about
> breastfeeding should begin---if not before!
....> It might be best to start with getting Proof...  > Chris Mulford

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