Does anyone else find quite a selfish English attitude when it comes to family? I was brought up on the French Spanish border by a French mum & English Dad. Elderly people were revered and respected and children were welcome in restaurants etc... breastfeeding in public was teh norm and teh overwelming majority of retired grandparents were more than happy to look after their grandkids a few days a week. I find it soooo different over here, breastfeeding in public seems to be seen as perverse by some people, people get sniffy about kids in restaurants, and elderly people seem to be an annoyance to a lot of their kids. My retired mother in law has my son for a morning a week and sees this as her being extremely generous. It is just very very different in England, has anyone else noticed this?