To think you should be able to sue your mum if you weren't breastfed

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and have suffered health consequences that could have been prevented by breastfeeding?

Skeletor not Skelton. This detail makes it much, much worse. Obviously.

Damsel I think that's actually one for the War crimes Tribunal. Suing doesnt take it far enough.

hmmm not sure about all the talk of hyperemesis, episiotomies etc. Surely you can only sue someone for something they did on purpose?

where there is blame there is a claim...but I dont really think a 8 week old embryo can be blamed for anything...

This would also exclude anyone who didn't BF because their boobs are miss-wired....(which DOES happen regardless of what the NHS have to say on the matter)

Yep Coconutty.

cory you can sue your DD for refusing to BF and causing you to miss out on the perfect newborn experience that ever mother is ENTITLED too....

Coconutty there are several similar threads in active convos

"So I think you should definitely be able to sue if your parents neglected you."

Wow.

I really don't want to share a society with you.

You want people to be able to sue their parents for questionable parenting choices?

What would that mean for the way people parent now?

How risk averse do you want parents to become?

I think this line of thinking leads to a world that is very bad for children.

But hey, fuck the kids as long as there's plenty of work for lawyers, right.

You might want to consider having your baby charged with assault when the chomp down on your nipple too. And as for those toddlers who insist of following you to the toilet...

War crimes tribunal. That does sound a much more sensible arena for skeletor buryingings. I shall look into it.

WTAF?

this thread must be a joke. Otherwise, I sincerely hope OPs children are the first to win a test case against her for one of her own questionable parenting choices. We all make mistakes. We all do the best we can with what we have. Shall we sue for preterm labour and parents getting divorced too now?

Kungfupaanda - my mum has asked for your details and whether it would be worth joining the grandchildren in the proceedings. As she has four kids and currently 6 grandchildren she reckons the damages recoverable will see her and my Dad through old age.

Athing

I only think you should be able to sue for the really bad parenting choices....an adult can sue if you involve them in a car accident through negligence etc...why not a child?

Or if you suffered beatings or sexual assault from your parents....

So erm yes I definitely do think you should be able to sue your parents for rampantly bad parenting choices. No sure what is U about that?

Maybe two of mine could sue me for having them early, after all my body failed to carry them to term and also caused problems with bf

Op, have a badge for stupid thread of the day

I was breast fed but still had allergies. Can I sue my dad instead?

Be careful, he may counter-sue you for making your mum's knockers saggy as a result of breast feeding.

I'm not sure infant feeding really falls under the heading 'questionable parenting choices'. Maybe it might be technically 'sub-optimum', but everything in life is sub-optimum because we don't ever live under perfect conditions (even those who breastfeed will do so under sub-optimum conditions of some sort). 'questionable parenting choices' is probably better reserved for stuff like leaving your 3 year old home alone while you go to the pub.

Xpost with choco

I'd far rather sue my mum for passing on the rugby player legs and cankles that run in the family than for the fact that she ff me.

That one sounds like a rock solid case. It's not like she can deny that there was a considerable risk of passing that one on.

I fully expect my kids to sue me for passing on crappy eyesight in the future.

I'm going to sue my mum for developing terminal cancer at a young age, all this shuffling off your mortal coil whilst your children still need you - very questionable parenting...

...oh shit I can't she dead.

Oh don;t be so SILLY!

Compos I might sue you on behalf of every child of a parent who read your comment and thought that BFing makes your boobs saggy and hence didn't BF.

IT ISN'T TRUE

being pregnant makes your boobs sag if they are going to....BFing postpones the sag for a precious few months/years.

Interestingly I had a dream last night that my boobs had sagged past my waistline....

I don't see why death should be a barrier. What we need is some resurrection technology so we can make those hapless dead people pay for their misdeeds.

I could sue ds for my pregnancy triggering an chronic auto-immune disease that I will have until I die.

He could sue me for placental deficiency, premature birth, a hole in the heart, bilateral talipes, and a lazy eye with a vertical squint, which are obviously all my fault because I didn't breast feed him as he had an NG tube post delivery for 10 days, and if ff was the only way we were going to get out of the hospital, then that was fine.

Compos I might sue you on behalf of every child of a parent who read your comment and thought that BFing makes your boobs saggy and hence didn't BF

IT ISN'T TRUE

Save it for the judge sister.

I'll see you in court.