Breastfeeding while DRIVING?!
@thinkingoutloud (6127)
Canada
March 2, 2009 5:16pm CST
Have you seen this news item?
http://www.wcpo.com/mostpopular/story/Mother-Charged-For-Driving-While-Breast-Feeding/TteQUcG_aUeSI3VnOUcyEQ.cspx
A woman was reported by another motorist because she was driving, talking on her cell phone AND BREASTFEEDING HER CHILD! I was amazed to read that she told officers that her child was hungry and she would do the same thing again!
Is it really possible, in today's world, that people cannot see the danger to the child in doing this? The danger to other passengers in the car, to other drivers on the road? Do we really live in such a rushed world that a mother doesn't think to stop and ensure the safety of her baby? I'm still shaking my head, trying to understand the circumstances under which someone would tell themself this is ok.
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@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
4 Mar 09
My money is on her not thinking at all... and I'm quite sure, even if she did think, she'd come to the conclusion and actions because, as she told police, "I would do it again." :(
@di1159 (1580)
• United States
3 Mar 09
This takes multi-tasking to a whole other level! It's irresponsible and reckless behavior and an she is endangering her child. She should get to her destination, or find a parking lot where she can stop and take care of the child. I hope she got a nice ticket for doing that.
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@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
4 Mar 09
It seems that, IF she gets convicted, she could serve up to 180 days and receive an $1,800 fine... which, to me, is totally inadequate for endangering her child. I vividly remember being in the car with a screaming, hungry infant and, as difficult as it is for a mother to know her child is hungry, it's NO reason to do what she did. She clearly felt justified though... and that's frightening.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
3 Mar 09
I read this on the internet a couple of days ago. I can't believe what goes through some people's mind. What kind of idiot doesn't know how DANGEROUS it is to do things like that? YIKES! I'd hate to be that woman's child. I wonder if, now that this is out in the open, she will be allowed to keep the child?
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@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
3 Mar 09
I heard this discussed on a radio talk show today (which is what made me seek out the article online, actually) and, during the course of the show, they said she had other children in the car. That isn't indicated in the article I linked so I can't be sure but my thought process was like yours... if you are charged with endangering a child, don't you risk losing that child? I would think so... but I don't always understand judgements these days. I always expect black and white and it just seems there are so many shades of grey.
@dalyme3 (88)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
Wow! she's a feisty one, though you have to admit that almost everything and everyone now are living on the fast lane and they would have to just to go with the times. I feel sorry for the innocent baby not knowing that there was danger on every second that passed by while they were on the road. I pray that the mom could realize her mistake if she gets to wake up and think about the situation if she was in her babies shoes.
Tsk.. tsk.. tsk..
@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
4 Mar 09
You're right, dalyme... people truly function in overdrive now. I mean look how connected we are all the time. It used to be when you left work, you didn't think about it again until you arrived at the workplace the following day. Now, we have computers, cell phone, fax machines, you name it, that place us within reach 24/7/365. We multitask to the nth degree at times. It's really scary to me to think that a person would absorb a baby into that pace and structure. I hope she wakes up too... before the inevitable happens :(
@tiff_tay20 (139)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Wow, now that is crazy. This lady had to either be on something, or just plain have a few loose screws. That is so irresponsible of her to put not only her life, but her child's life, and the lives of others on the road in danger.
