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| Ohfergawdsake watch: Mother ordered to stop breastfeeding boy, eight |
| 2002-08-23 |
| A woman has been warned by a court in Urbana, Illinois, to stop breastfeeding her eight-year-old son after a national television chatshow showed a video of him suckling at their home. Lynn Stuckey, 34, from Urbana, appeared on the show last month to discuss her practice. Not only is she stoopid enough to keep suckling her child for eight years, she's stoopid enough to do it on terriblevision... She said: "I think people need to see me and my child and realise that this is a perfectly normal practice. We are your standard middle-class American family, and we're not doing anything wrong." "Perfectly normal" implies lotsa people do it. I'll keep an eye out, but I've missed it so far... The programme was seen by officials in her state and a case was brought against her for putting her son at risk of emotional harm by her behaviour. The prosecutor, John Piland, argued that Ms Stuckey was exposing the boy to ridicule by allowing the video to be shown. Well, he might have a point there... In court this week Judge Ann Einhorn told Ms Stuckey to stop the practice and set September 10 as the date for a hearing to decide what action should be taken. On the other hand, I don't know what law she's breaking, if any. I'd say people have a right to be stoopid in their own homes... Ms Stuckey, who was not available for comment yesterday, has claimed that she lets her son breastfeed about every 10 days. She insists that the practice is natural but does not know if she still produces milk. Perhaps she could ask him? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Dear Mommabear: I think that child's mental state will be far more enlightened than yours. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-3-14 4:42:33 PM |
| #1 Hate to think what kind of mental state that poor lad will be in at age 18 and beyond; the outcome doesn't look promising !! |
| Posted by: MommaBear 2002-08-24 06:51:22 |