[DEBATE] : Re: whining

[Peter Mahlangu]

Of course, the father must assist, especially if the
mother needs a rest or is busy cooking, but the
primary responsibility, all things being equal, lies
with the mother.


--- Kerry Cullinan <kerry at health-e.org.za> wrote:

> Oh, Peter, Peter, Peter. Usually I don't bother with
> your more extreme
> comments. But I'm not going to let you claim that
> women are whining about
> breastfeeding. Do you know any such whiners? For all
> my friends and I who
> have given birth to children, breastfeeding was a
> wonderful experience. But
> given that both pregnancy and breastfeeding takes
> its toll physically (as
> for months you are the only source of your baby's
> food) is it really so
> unreasonable to expect that the father of the baby
> helps with the kids? Or
> do you ascribe to the capitalist definition of a dad
> as being the person who
> goes out and earns the cash?
> 
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