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…
Don’t worry, the over-under on walking is 14 months.
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Win.
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.
Or writes an essay on it.
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.”
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.
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.
Not to mention this one.
I thought my post was an implicit defense. 
So yes, I am defending it. (you lose)
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.
You said a mouthful.
Man, that guy has balls.
It’s not being used as a form of birth control; it’s being done for the sole satisfaction of the parent.
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.
Not really. It was actually a disgusting mammary gland. Looked a lot like those National Geographic “long breasted women.”
:rolleyes: Just because a baby gets older doesn’t mean breastmilk turns poisonous! All the health benefits still apply.
Isn’t everything?
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.
