Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Atlantic Online | April 2009 | The Case Against Breast-Feeding | Hanna Rosin

In certain overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice—it's a no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of responsible parenting. Yet the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far thinner than most popular literature indicates. Is breast-feeding right for every family? Or is it this generation's vacuum cleaner—an instrument of misery that mostly just keeps women down?


http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200904/case-against-breastfeeding