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Posts tagged ‘milk’

Oct 18

flash mob

The year of the breastfeeding flash mob in China – a father’s account

This has been the year of the flash mob in China, the breastfeeding flash mob to be exact. In May, August and September of this year, Chinese mothers bared their breasts in public to help galvanize a tiny yet growing movement that encourages natural births over Caesarian sections and breastfeeding over infant formula. Read more

Jul 31

Chongqing Shibao 7:31:2012

For non-toxic milk, dad raises goats on a roof

The front page of today’s Chongqing Times features a cartoon pictograph: goat + grass  = milk. The headline reads, “This father raised 5 goats so that his daughter could drink non-toxic milk.”  Read more

Mar 6

Chengdu mother's group

Breast feeding rebels in China

Chengdu, China — A peaceful parental counter-movement is growing that is beginning to question the popular reliance in China on medically assisted births and infant formula, as well as the Tiger Mom ethos that puts children through the educational grinder.

They meet during chats online before slowly moving from the virtual world — often maintaining their online monikers — to form groups of friends who struggle against a tide of traditional thought, institutional stagnation and downright ignorance of how the female body works. Read more