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on May 10, 2012 @ 11:27 am (Updated: 3:54 pm - 5/10/12 )
 The new Time Magazine cover causing quite a stir about the image and the parenting approach it profiles (Time image) |
The new Time Magazine cover is sparking plenty of heat about both the image and the parenting style it espouses.
The picture shows a beautiful young woman with her 3-year- old son suckling her exposed breast and the Internet is abuzz about what's being construed by some some as overly racy and sexual, especially for a traditional publication.
"You put a lady with her boob hanging out on Time Magazine and a kid attached to it, I think it's a very provocative picture," opined Ross and Burbank co-host Luke Burbank.
"Really? This was a big story on the Internet? The Internet where there's almost nothing that's too obscene to be displayed or videotaped or tweeted what's obscene about this? C'mon," responded co-host Dave Ross.
The picture is part of the magazine's feature on "attachment parenting," an increasingly popular approach that promotes a closer bond between parents and kids with methods such as breastfeeding longer, sleeping with children and keeping them physically attached to a parent with a sling.
Putting the picture aside, Luke and Dave are both critical of the approach.
"If I wrote a child rearing book, it would be called "My Child, My Enemy," says Luke.
"And the basic principle would be I'm really into my wife or girlfriend, the mother of my children. The kids, they're the ones on the outside."
Luke says he would call it the "anti-attachment" movement. The father of a high-school aged daughter, he argues couples that overly devote themselves to their kids end up suffering as a result.
"This is what happens in every other relationship, the mom falls in love with the kids, the parents stop having sex, the dad ends up on Craigslist, it's a disaster...Everything that made that relationship good is out the window," says Luke.
"I like this. This is the first 19th Century thought he's had," agrees Dave.
Meanwhile, Dori Monson says he's just irritated that the breastfeeding issue has turned "militant."
"I think there are some people, this mom on the front of Time magazine is probably one of them, who it doesn't matter what laws are passed protecting breastfeeding moms, they're going to want to just go farther and farther to shove it in everyone's face just to try to make some social statement," Dori says. "What does it accomplish?"
For one thing, Dori is sure, it's going to sell a lot of magazines.
Dori's listeners had similar reactions to the cover. Lisa in Seattle says, via D-mail, that the reason the photo is so creepy is because the mom has an issue with letting the child go. Adam in Tacoma says, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
By Josh Kerns, My Northwest.com
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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ron prevost wrote...provovative aside, this is still a fluff piece.May 10, 2012 11:17 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Saltchucker wrote...EeewwwwMay 10, 2012 12:03 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Drool wrote...The Technical Term is Called...May 10, 2012 12:42 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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kata wrote...Freud would have such a heyday with this.May 10, 2012 3:41 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Snout wrote...Forget "helicopter moms."May 10, 2012 4:13 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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lhintzke wrote...attention seeking women/child abuseMay 10, 2012 4:54 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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ron prevost wrote...This is a little like still letting the kids sleep with youMay 10, 2012 7:08 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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melidda wrote...la breastMay 10, 2012 5:49 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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vashonmatt wrote...What's the big deal? I stand on chairs to breast feed all the time.May 10, 2012 7:00 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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2boysmom wrote...That's so 1999May 10, 2012 8:31 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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AJ O'Carrell wrote...What?May 10, 2012 8:40 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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ron prevost wrote...We need assurances your MOTHER is not on food stamps.May 11, 2012 9:32 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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