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Littlebotweak t1_j8rwxyr wrote

Reply to comment by Hereiam_AKL in Little evidence to support health claims made on formula milk by Dodomando

What happens is this: parents who manage to breast feed tend to gain a sick sense of superiority and go around telling everyone else it’s the best. Not because they’ve done any new studies or gained any further data - it is based completely on egoism. The fact that you did it means you’re doing everything “the best” therefore….you’re the best!! Yay! Best parent award!!!

Because they really believe it, even if it isn’t true. Then, they seek any bias to confirm that belief.

This is literally what you’re doing. And in a public forum, no less. That’s how convinced you are. 😂

Linking to the guardian isn’t gonna change that, just like it never changes anything else. 😂😂😂

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Spoonloops t1_j8s8zkd wrote

I just read recently alot of the small studies suggesting breastfed babies are "smarter" and hit milestones faster are flawed and don't look at economical situations on the advantages of breast vs formula. Its shown women who breastfeed in the US tend to be higher income families who are able to stay home with their kids, homeschool, etc, while most of the formula fed kids where lower income, mom had to go back to work quickly and leave baby at a daycare, etc. Entirely different first years have different outcomes.

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DormeDwayne t1_j8t1gii wrote

So basically a mother who breastfed is not allowed to express her view that breastfeeding is best? And a person who has lost weight is not allowed to express the opinion that being normal weight is healthiest? And a happily married parent is not allowed to say out loud that two-parent families are best for kids? Etc etc. Their opinion is automatically prohibited bcs it can only possibly come from a place of smugness and not that they have tried both and find one preferable or whatever? Sounds dangerously censoring…

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ibbity t1_j8t2407 wrote

These people are not allowed to act like their choices are automatically, inherently superior, and that anyone who makes a different choice is wrong and bad and should be shamed. Which you and I both know good and well is a very, very common behavior.

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DormeDwayne t1_j8tehtg wrote

The thing is a mom who formula-fed her baby is allowed to praise bottle-feeding… but a mother who breastfed isn’t allowed to praise breastfeeding without being accused of shaming any other option. Why is that?

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FeloniousReverend t1_j8te06m wrote

No, but everything you listed is purely anecdotal unless there's some kind of real evidence to support the claims. A random mother who breastfed and never used formula claiming that 'breast is best' is absolutely meaningless. How would she know breast is best, and by what criteria is she making such a claim? Hell, how does she know her kid wouldn't be better off if they had some formula mixed in? It's not censorship, it's keeping opinions as opinions and not facts. This applies to every example you listed.

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