'Mother breastfeeds 5yo son' Is this really news?

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BBC article here

Really amazes me the stuff that is classed as news these days

No, it's not, but it is Barnsley.

(Before you slate me it's tongue in cheek.)

no. which is why i'm not even going to read it.

Good God.

Hold the front page. Woman breast feeds child.

Wft? And from the beeb too. Thought they were more open minded than this.

I said exactly this when I saw it on tv earlier. I gawped in amazement, expecting a dramatic twist that made it news, but no...

Its the 3rd most read article on the BBC site at the moment

Its the headline item on Look North after the debate. I'm going to watch through my fingers

You jest, but the way the news is going it'll be headlines tomorrow, especially if she calls someone a bigot whilst she does it.

Maybe the BBC has got all confused and thinks it is now Chat Magazine?

Maybe the website is having a reaction to Too Much Election.

Saw this on BBC and wondered why on earth it was classed as news!

It's very unusual and hence yes, it is news.

I live in the yorkshire and on look north (local news prog) it was made into a proper feature on the last two editions of the prog. (on the 6.30 prog, about 5 mins was dedicated to it!)

Ha ha missorinoco about it being in Barnsley though; I used to live there, so I can say that!

Sorry should have said 'yorkshire' not 'the yorkshire'! durrr!

Hm yes, clearly top headlines.

Do quite like her quote:

When asked what reaction she gets from people and if they find it weird, Ms Hurst said: "I think it's weird."

'Its very unusual'

Would it be news if a 5 year old still had a bottle? Or a dummy? Or slept in a cot?

Think not.

I'm not even a breastfeeder! I just thought 'oh she feeds him , ermmm, why am I reading this on the BBC?!'

Just the same if the child had a bottle, dummy or slept in a cot. Or wore nappies.

The child is 5, not 2.

Yes but would those things make the news?!

lol it really did read like 'woman in barnsley actually bf her child' was the news element of it. completely pointless non-story. very

When FIL was small, he went home everday for lunch. He usually walked home with his friend who lived in the flat upstairs. Only whilst FIL tucked into his home cooked lunch his friend was BF. FIL thinks this carried on all the way through Infant School...

His friend is now a very succesful Headteacher in a very popular West London School.

Yes, I can see the headlines:

'Mother keeps school kid in a cot'

'Mother can't be bothered to potty train'

sorry have no real point to make - just why does BF make such big news?

I just wonder what would happen if FIL's school friend story was to happen now - they would probably have tons of people camping outside their front door!

I suppose that some of their "readers" might find it a bit icky and therefore news. In the same way that I read "I breastfeed my cat" in one of the trashier mags........

But that wasn't the BBC..............

I can see why someone breastfeeding a cat would make for an icky story but not a child?!