James Akre prepared this post for The Alpha Parent. It is adapted from his book "The problem with breastfeeding. A personal reflection" (Hale Publishing, 2006). As founder, chairman and CEO of the International Breastfeeding Support Collective, James focuses on the sociocultural dimension of the universal biological norm for feeding infants and young children, and on pathways for returning breastfeeding to the realm of the ho-hum ordinary everywhere. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Breastfeeding Journal and of the Scientific Advisory Committee of La Leche League France, and past member of the board of directors of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). "We all arrive in this world more or less the same way and in the same condition – naked, wet and ready for the breast. After that, nearly all bets are off as culture kicks in and we begin the long differentiating journey to becoming who and what we are based on the rules of the group into which we’re born." "Not surprisingly then, our approach to the only example of a universally common food and feeding system – breast milk and breastfeeding – is conditioned by culture’s stamp. Our identical biological birthright continues to be transformed – even deformed – in multiple ways in society today."
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:55:34 +0000
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