Company bragged that they give up to 4 weeks of parental leave and we're proud of it

2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas to c/FuckTheUSA

ceenote 98 points 2 months ago

I recall seeing an article talking about how baby formula companies offered free formula to deeply impoverished new mothers in some African countries. After the mothers went long enough without breastfeeding, they'd stop producing, making them dependent on buying more formula.

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BestBouclettes 85 points 2 months ago

That was Nestlé

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Lemmyoutofhere 34 points 2 months ago

Fuck Nestlé.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 12 points 2 months ago

GNU Fuck Nestle.

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tuxiqae 5 points 2 months ago

All my buddies hate Nestlé

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jagermo 53 points 2 months ago

Also, since the mothers did not have access to clean water for the formula, they used what eas available resulting in 212,000 dead infants. Per year.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 21 points 2 months ago

It’s also a different ingredient list for third world country formula with much more cheap sugar.

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IAMgROOT 1 point a month ago

NEVER ask Nestle why in most parts of Africa and Asia they need to print "A Mother's Milk is best for your baby" on their baby formula boxes

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Trex202 53 points 2 months ago

Puppies aren't allowed to be separated from their mother for at least 6 weeks. Dogs have more parental leave than humans

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Jhex 15 points 2 months ago

Dogs have more parental leave than humans

… in the USA

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 9 points 2 months ago

we had to adopt the cat (4 cats ago) that bonded closest to me at 5 weeks. i bottle fed her. i miss her the most of all the cats who have passed. her mom licked the wrong bucket at the neighborhood crack den.

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pipi1234 2 points 2 months ago

That is bleak!

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Z745812939054 28 points 2 months ago

yea, obviously if you're at home breast-feeding, then you're not buying as much formula for whomever is tending the baby while you're at work.

i always thought it was funny how people will feed their baby some synthetic formula, but as the kid grows up then they insist on cow's milk instead of some alternative

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cy888 8 points 2 months ago

Formula instead of breast milk due to advertising from formula manufacturers.

Cows milk because of advertising for US department of agriculture on behalf of dairy farmers.

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Z745812939054 4 points 2 months ago

no one makes any money from mothers breastfeeding their babies. so yea,. formula

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Pieisawesome 2 points 2 months ago

To be pedantic, lactation consultants do

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ChexMax 1 point 2 months ago

Yeah plus whoever makes lanolin, nipple shields, nursing bras and tops, burp cloths, pump parts, and then eventually therapists i assume, because I'm breast feeding rn and it's making me a freakin crazy person. I need more sleep.

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howrar 1 point 2 months ago

The milk doesn't just appear out of thin air. Lactating moms need to eat a lot more to produce it. Someone out there is profiting from that extra food.

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Mouselemming 3 points 2 months ago

Baby formula is usually cow's-milk-based

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Z745812939054 2 points 2 months ago

ok

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Jankatarch 5 points 2 months ago

One of the richest countries on earth btw. There is no excuse.

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Formfiller 4 points 2 months ago

It’s not rich for the working class

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darthsundhaft 3 points 2 months ago

USian sentences

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Smaile 0 points 2 months ago

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