Comments on: Mister Rogers Really Did Show Women Breastfeeding

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:43:39 +0000

I too am surprised (pleasantly) that Mr. Rogers showed such explicit breastfeeding. I can’t imagine that sort of thing being shown on a children’s program today.

By: mominisrael

mominisrael — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:54:08 +0000

Thank you for that lovely clip. While I wish he hadn’t shown a bottle-feeding mother, but that would have been too much to ask. I like the way he focused on the enjoyment of the mothers.
Carla, I wouldn’t be surprised if people objected even then. Diane Wiessinger told me, though, that thirty years ago Americans were much less uptight about the subject and it was unusual for women nursing in public to be harassed.

By: Breastfeeding on Children’s Television | PhD in Parenting

Breastfeeding on Children’s Television | PhD in Parenting — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:47:56 +0000

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By: Carla

Carla — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:25:18 +0000

That was BEAUTIFUL. I can’t believe how much detail he showed–and it’s sad that people would probably get all uptight if that clip were shown on TV today…