Comments on: Stuck Up Working Moms Shame American University Professor

By: Patti Persia

Patti Persia — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Wow, how closed minded. Good for you for bringing your child to work with you and not letting people shame you into feeding her formula instead of the milk we mothers, working or not, make especially for our babies. Isn’t it a wonder that we ony make milk when we have babies? Doesnt that tell you that is what it is meant for. I am so tired of this argument! Idiots.

By: Anne Hogan

Anne Hogan — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Good for her for making it work! She was able to bring the baby to work, so why wouldn’t she want to spend that extra time with her sick child?

By: GeekGal

GeekGal — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:36:00 +0000

This kind of reminds me of people who hate on unions for having the ability to strike. Sounds like pure jealousy. She has a job where she can bring her baby to work! What a freaking bonus. Instead of tearing each other apart, we really should be demanding those rights for ourselves…. People are stupid sometimes.

By: Jennifer Williams

Jennifer Williams — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:22:00 +0000

I’m kind of in awe of her for finding a way to make this work. When my second one was a baby I was very fortunate to be able to work somewhere that I could bring him with me and it was hard without adding breastfeeding into the mix.

I wasn’t in the classroom so I have no idea how she handled the situation, and I know there are two sides to every story, but I agree with you, mothers should support mothers. Period.

By: Staci

Staci — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Get the fuck over yourselves. I LOVE THAT line. It’s hard enough to be a parent, why can’t we all just support each other, and not pass judgement.
I cannot believe this was made into a news story.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:36:00 +0000

The quote says that she’d just have to “make it work” if she had a job where she couldn’t bring the baby – um, she DID make it work! Good for her. As a nursing mom (of my 3rd baby), I also don’t care what others think if I need to feed my son in public. I’m covered up so no one should be bothered at all!

By: Brandi Elam

Brandi Elam — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:22:00 +0000

I, too, have been shocked by the backlash she has received. Like you, I thought it was pretty great that she was able to do her job and take care of her baby. I was a little jealous that she had that option, and I’m pretty sure that the working moms who are condemning her also feel some jealousy and that’s probably part of what is feeding the negative comments. Most working moms wish they had this kind of flexibility! Another thing that annoyed me about this whole thing is that I noticed none of the students complained about the baby being there, only about the baby being breastfed. I might could understand if the baby was disrupting the class and they didn’t feel like they had the professor’s attention. But no one has mentioned that at all, so it feels like they are just being childish about seeing her breastfeed.