What's Right About A 6-Year-Old Who Breast-Feeds
Why does a woman's choice to breast-feed her child longer than most women do touch such a nerve? We anthropologists often note that humans evolved in a context where the breast-feeding of children for three or four years was the typical and healthful pattern, and that individual variation in duration of breast-feeding is to be expected. So, I decided to check in on all the hype around Sumpter and her daughter with University of Delaware anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler, who has extensive cross-cultural experience in breast-feeding research.
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