# Well now Time Magazine.. that's umm... some cover! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536 "2012-05-10T18:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/21 "2012-05-10T19:36:06Z")
I’ll call it: she seems to be photographed to look, well, hot and the kid looks big. The photo seems to intentionally add a provocative spin via the photograph that doesn’t have to be there for the story itself…add the title and you can get chatter going… My impressions. Magazine looking to build buzz and sales… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/22 "2012-05-10T19:39:20Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > From the article: > > I have a girl that will be 1 next month and she barely shows interest in walking. We aren’t talking about weaning her (done with that), we’re talking to her doctor about _if we need to be worried about her not walking._ Are you going to solve that walking problem by running around the room with your shirt off, like getting the dog to run after a treat in your hand? Don’t worry, the over-under on walking is 14 months. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/23 "2012-05-10T19:40:02Z")
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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/24 "2012-05-10T19:48:14Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Wait . . . I thought Demi and Ashton had broken up. 😃 Win. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/25 "2012-05-10T19:53:33Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > From what I read in the article, it’s more than just nursing. Basically, proponants of “attachment parenting” (advocated by Dr. Sears) don’t even believe in strollers for your kids because it puts the mother too far away. They should always be touching. Which probably explains his lack of walking and talking at 1 year. It’s pretty normal for a kid not to be walking at age 1. Normal range for learning to walk goes all the way up to 16 months, if I remember correctly. On the main topic, my husband (who is a mail carrier) says that in terms of magazine covers he really would prefer not to have to look at all day long, this one is much less bad than [this one was.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bk2611CN5bk/Ty7svy2BvuI/AAAAAAAACbs/JxHZ_s0sY-E/s1600/AkQaV0pCQAAL1bO.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/26 "2012-05-10T19:54:30Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Our pediatrician encouraged my wife to nurse our kids until they were one, which she was happy to do. But IMO when the kid starts asking for it in full sentences you need to start cutting him off. Or writes an essay on it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/27 "2012-05-10T19:55:02Z")
What are the odds we make it to page 2 before someone actually jumps in to defend the practice? Kind of surprised we’ve made it this far. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/28 "2012-05-10T20:00:02Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > What are the odds we make it to page 2 before someone actually jumps in to defend the practice? > > Kind of surprised we’ve made it this far. I’m going with “sizably lowered now.” ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/29 "2012-05-10T20:05:40Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > What are the odds we make it to page 2 before someone actually jumps in to defend the practice? > > Kind of surprised we’ve made it this far. I really don’t think it’s wrong for toddler-aged kids in terms of hurting anyone (teething issues aside). I’m sure the kids turn out just fine. But it’s wrong in terms of squicking people out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/30 "2012-05-10T20:12:03Z")
Firstly, the Mom is hot. Even with the sprog she is hot. Our OB/Gyn said we should breast feed for six months then stop. Our son didn’t notice. He’s now one and he doesn’t walk (he crusies around furniture) nor does he speak. He babbles but that’s about it. Maybe we are terrible parents. I don’t know. Breast feeding past one seems odd to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/31 "2012-05-10T20:37:59Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > On the main topic, my husband (who is a mail carrier) says that in terms of magazine covers he really would prefer not to have to look at all day long, this one is much less bad than [this one was.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bk2611CN5bk/Ty7svy2BvuI/AAAAAAAACbs/JxHZ_s0sY-E/s1600/AkQaV0pCQAAL1bO.jpg) Not to mention [this one](http://blog.chron.com/apetschronicle/files/2011/05/7301cover_l.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/32 "2012-05-10T20:40:24Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > What are the odds we make it to page 2 before someone actually jumps in to defend the practice? > > Kind of surprised we’ve made it this far. I thought my post was an implicit defense. 🆒 So yes, I am defending it. (you lose) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/33 "2012-05-10T20:43:29Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > What are the odds we make it to page 2 before someone actually jumps in to defend the practice? Not very good. The kid is 3, and humans in primitive societies often nurse their kids until age 4 or 5. It’s a form of birth control, and helps space the babies apart. It’s probably the way humans lived for tens of thousands of years. I don’t see anything wrong with it, if you can make it work with your lifestyle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/34 "2012-05-10T20:43:39Z")
> [@astro](#): > > **Well now Time Magazine.. that’s umm… some cover!** You said a mouthful. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/35 "2012-05-10T20:46:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > One of the other guys commented, “Cute monkey. Ugly tit.” Man, that guy has balls. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/36 "2012-05-10T20:47:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not very good. > > The kid is 3, and humans in primitive societies often nurse their kids until age 4 or 5. It’s a form of birth control, and helps space the babies apart. It’s probably the way humans lived for tens of thousands of years. > > I don’t see anything wrong with it, if you can make it work with your lifestyle. It’s not being used as a form of birth control; it’s being done for the sole satisfaction of the parent. ---
**Author:** ![srm13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@srm13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srm13)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/37 "2012-05-10T20:51:19Z")
That’s pretty ballsy for a magazine to put on the cover, much less the Time… I guess that the magazine business truly is dying. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/38 "2012-05-10T20:52:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Man, that guy has balls. Not really. It was actually a disgusting mammary gland. Looked a lot like those National Geographic “long breasted women.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/39 "2012-05-10T20:56:27Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > It’s not being used as a form of birth control; it’s being done for the sole satisfaction of the parent. :rolleyes: Just because a baby gets older doesn’t mean breastmilk turns poisonous! All the health benefits still apply. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536/40 "2012-05-10T20:57:48Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Because when you get right down to it, motherhood is really about hot women and their breasts. Isn’t everything? > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > It’s pretty normal for a kid not to be walking at age 1. Normal range for learning to walk goes all the way up to 16 months, if I remember correctly. I wish my kids had waited till after they were 1. Both were up on their feet by 9 months and sprinting around the house by 10 months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-now-time-magazine-thats-umm-some-cover/621536.md?page=3)