Thank you, Valerie, for your usual thoughtful commentary on breastfeeding in the world. Babies are endangered enough in peaceful times when they are not breastfed and during times of war and strife this is magnified beyond counting. Western influences that have caused women in less developed countries to turn away from breastfeeding leaves their entire society vulnerable to the harms of formula feeding, which cannot be done even badly when there is no clean water, electricity or formula itself.
Thank you, Valerie, for your usual thoughtful commentary on breastfeeding in the world. Babies are endangered enough in peaceful times when they are not breastfed and during times of war and strife this is magnified beyond counting. Western influences that have caused women in less developed countries to turn away from breastfeeding leaves their entire society vulnerable to the harms of formula feeding, which cannot be done even badly when there is no clean water, electricity or formula itself.