from humorist Nora Ephron in last weekend's New York Times:
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In the interests of full disclosure, I am breast-feeding children who are almost old enough to unbutton my blouse but who seem to prefer the "yank shirt up" technique.
I wonder if instead she had written something like:
There are fanatics out there who believe you should put your child in a car seat until he or she is 6 years old. Their success in conning a huge number of women into believing this is one of the truly grim things about modern life. Anyway, one of the main reasons given for using a car seat is that strapped in children are less prone to getting hurt. But children today are far more violent than they were when I was growing up, when far fewer women used car seats.
if it would have been "funny".
Quote:
| I will confess a bias: I’ve never understood the religious fervor that surrounds breast-feeding. There are fanatics out there who believe you should breast-feed your child until he or she is old enough to unbutton your blouse. Their success in conning a huge number of women into believing this is one of the truly grim things about modern life. Anyway, one of the main reasons given for breast-feeding is that breast-fed children are less prone to allergies. But children today are far more allergic than they were when I was growing up, when far fewer women breast-fed their children. I mean, what is it with all these children dropping dead from sniffing a peanut? This is new, friends, it’s brand-new new, and don’t believe anyone who says otherwise. So: is it possible that breast-feeding causes allergies? |
In the interests of full disclosure, I am breast-feeding children who are almost old enough to unbutton my blouse but who seem to prefer the "yank shirt up" technique.
I wonder if instead she had written something like:
There are fanatics out there who believe you should put your child in a car seat until he or she is 6 years old. Their success in conning a huge number of women into believing this is one of the truly grim things about modern life. Anyway, one of the main reasons given for using a car seat is that strapped in children are less prone to getting hurt. But children today are far more violent than they were when I was growing up, when far fewer women used car seats.
if it would have been "funny".
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