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Originally posted by meemee
These companies are not the compassionate, caring, baby-loving, gentle-giants they would have people believe...with all the freebies and coupons and special magazines. They are simply a corporate enterprise with only one motive...$$$$.
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I don't look at companies and think they are compassionate or caring based on their products. Most companies, unfortunately are out for the $$$$. That's usually why companies are started. It'd be nice if ethics were taken into consideration nowadays within companies, but more often than not they aren't. There is probably plenty of unethical stuff going on within companies we think are completely ethical.
I still say we are responsible for our choices, and if I choose to feed my baby formula because someone gave me a gift bag in the hospital, then I had better be ready to deal with the consequences for that choice (financially, and health-wise). I mean, if someon handed out illegal drugs in gift bags at the hospital, that doesn't mean I am going to start using them. As a parent it's our job to closely inspect things and make wise choices for our families and children. Just because a relative gives me a crib and a book on CIO, doesn't mean I am going to choose that route.
The best solution, is to educate people. Educate them on how to seek out information, educate them on how to read and follow instructions, educate them on how to financially forsee future costs based on present day purchases, educate them on breastfeeding and why it is a better choice. Educate them on how their decisions have consequences, some being good and some being bad. Teach people how to make better decisions.
And if formula companies are purposely dressing as medical prefessionals and giving out incorrect medical advice about breastfeeding to people in other countries, then the media needs to get involved and our government needs to be notified. And then again, the public needs to be aware of those people, and be on the look-out. Maybe more hospital security, meaning if they are not hospital paid staff, they don't beloing, especially strangers dressed as nurses.