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Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:36:34 -0800 |
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As a former college-level instructor, it is true that there are myriad
opportunities for anecdotal information that illustrates points being made
or simply helps the instructor to seem more like a human being.
In my Family Sociology and Medical Sociology courses, I NEVER once
mentioned bottle-feeding. Whenever possible, breastfeeding was woven into
the material. Attachment behavior (not latch here) included a
demonstration of how babies are held for optimal visual connection to the
parent and (guess what) a mention of how this very distance is exactly what
occurs with breastfeeding... and on and on and on.
Years after offering these courses, I still ran into people who had taken
them and remembered what was said in these little "off comments"--meaning
off the subject (official).
These are what make for "teachable moments" and can have a long-term impact
on the students.
Therefore my plea. Mention breastfeeding at every opportunity (obvious or not).
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"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly
disguised as impossible situations."
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Ferndale, WA USA) [log in to unmask]
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