Dear Friends:

It dawned on me, as I was constructing a breastfeeding class for health  care 
professionals that the way most folks write about the good things is to  say 
they are low risk. "Breastfeeding lowers a woman's risk of breast cancer."  
What is really meant is that "breastfeeding protects a woman from breast  
cancer." The word "protects" has been passed through the filter of fear, and  become 
"reduces risk."


Has anyone else noticed this shift in words? 
 
Diane?
 
warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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