Time breastfeeding cover sparks controversy

HOODS

This week's Time magazine cover features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son. Grumet was one of four mothers photographed by Time for a cover story on "attachment parenting," an approach--outlined by 1992's "The Baby Book" by Dr. Bill Sears--that recommends extended breast-feeding, co-sleeping and "baby wearing."
The provocative cover, published online Thursday, was met with the predictable Twitter jaw-drop.
"Love the Time cover," AllThingsD.com's Peter Kafka wrote. "In the cringiest way possible."
"Anybody else slightly slack-jawed over this week's Time cover?" The Atlantic Wire's Adam Clark Estes rhetorically asked.
"Breastfeeding your 3-year-old is one thing," the Daily News' Bill Hammond wrote. "But putting a picture of him doing it on the cover of Time?"
"Heads up, parents!" John Cannon warned. "If you're planning to take your kids grocery shopping, you will have to explain this Time mag cover."

FIRENATHANIELHACKETT

I'd suck on her tit *shrugs*

HOODS

I'd suck on her tit *shrugs*

thats the first thing I said to myself too, ha!

Heisenberg

I'd suck on her tit *shrugs*

Necrothulhu

3 year olds should not be breast fed. They're 3 for fucks sake

SkullAndCrossbones

yeah. 3 year olds can pretty much feed themselves.

mrAPE

She's hott.

But that's ridiculous

Necrothulhu

I actually don't mind the cover. It's supposed to get your attention. I think it makes people realize how rediculous it is to still baby and breast feed your kid at that age or near that age. People don't want to look at it because it isn't all "aww, she's feeding her baby". That last comment about having to explain to your kid what it is if they see it in a store shouldn't be hard or an issue anyway

SATAN

our culture is so dumb when it comes to nudity

Necrothulhu

our culture is so dumb when it comes to nudity

And other things as well. There isn't even nudity in this cover, the kid sucking on nipple prevents that

SATAN

like it would fuckin' kill someone if they saw a nipple

i wish i could exit this society. it's run by morons

SkullAndCrossbones

i really don't understand the big deal about nudity too. it's like we're not allowed to see what we already know is there LOL.

Necrothulhu

I could bet that some people would be so upset by seeing a chicks nipple exposed on a magazine cover they'd have a heart attack in this country

SkullAndCrossbones

magazine would get sued. remember when janet jackson's tittie "accidentally" popped out during the superbowl half time show a long time ago? im pretty sure there was some serious backlash torwards the NFL for that LOL.

Necrothulhu

I think America needs to relax and stop being so uptight about nudity

mrAPE

I don't think the nudity is the problem I think it's the fact that the kid is way to old to still be breast feeding

Necrothulhu

That is the controversy with this picture. Some people are calling the woman a pedo

mrAPE

I don't think she is a pedo but she definitely has some attachment issues

Necrothulhu

Alot of woman do I guess. I think it's fucked up but I'm happy that it's been brought to peoples attention whether they like it or not

HOODS

So a 3 year old boy walks in on his dad beating off and he says "daddy when am I going to get one of them?" The Father responds "in about 10 years son be patient." A few minutes later the 3 year old's twin sister walks in and sees her dad beating off and says "daddy when am I going to get one of them?' The Father responds " When your mom leaves for work."

SATAN

:-O