> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-02-06-nursing-moms_x.htm
>
> From the reaction to the AAP sleep guideline:
>
> "We have whole generations of well-adjusted, healthy people who didn't 
> sleep near their parents as babies," says Coontz, author of Marriage, A 
> History, which arrives in May from Viking Press.
>
> Hmmm, exactly where are those millions of healthy, well-adjusted >people? 
> Seems to me if we were, we wouldn't need AAP guidelines to >tell us to 
> breastfeed our babies and keep them close--in other words, >to meet their 
> needs as ours likely were not met. I think he's playing fast >and loose 
> with the terms "healthy" and  "well-adjusted".<<

Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State 
College in Olympia, Washington, and is the Director of Research and Public 
Education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 
2001-04.
She is the author of numerous books about families and has received awards 
from the AAP for her "outstanding contributions to the field of child 
development".  she also received the 2001 "Friend of The family Award".
You would think someone that is a supposed  "Friend of the Family" and has 
worked in child development wouldn't make such a comment.  It sounds to me 
she needs some education about how mother's are glad to be able to help 
their babies and be "allowed" to parent them at night.   That it is 
important for the babies health.  It looks like she has the power to 
influence many and that this is the person that we need to influence now. 
Here is a web site about her and here is her email: [log in to unmask]
http://academic.evergreen.edu/c/coontzs/home.htm
What I really find humorous is that she is an "expert" in history of the 
family and yet doesn't realize that until just recently that families have 
always slept together?!
You can also write to her courtesy of Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Pky NW
Olympia, WA  98505 




-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html