My daughter and I were just talking about this yesterday! I think that there is a window of opportunity for women when they give birth - it is a time when instincts seem to be the most powerful. Given even a little encouragement and opportunity, those instincts for mothering can come to the surface and transform our lives. I think that's what has happened to many of us on Lactnet. Obviously it doesn't always happen, and I agree that there are many powerful forces working against it, but one of the reasons I want to work with mothers and babies is because I believe this is time of huge potential for women. Teresa Pitman Guelph, Ontario (and the author of the Today's Parent article that quoted Jan - although I'm still hurt that she doesn't remember the interview... (just joking)) *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html